Acts 18:22:2Acts.18.22.W2TAB
κατελθὼν
katelthôn
“having gone down”
- Transliteration
- ka-tel-THÔN
- Extended
- kah-tehl-THÔHN
- IPA
- /ka.telˈtʰɔːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- having gone down
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Kappa | k — as in kite | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Theta | th — as in thin | |
| Omega | o — same as omicron | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
- word
ka-tel-THÔN
- sentence
KAI ka-tel-THÔN eis kai-SA-rei-an a-na-BAS KAI a-spa-SA-me-nos tên ek-klê-SI-an ka-TE-bê eis an-ti-O-khei-an
Exegesis
A series of aorist participles—katelthōn {κατελθών | katelthōn} “having gone down”, anabás {ἀναβάς | anabás} “having gone up”, and aspasámenos {ἀσπασάμενος | aspasámenos} “having greeted”—sets up prior actions that frame the main finite verb katébē {κατέβη | katébē} “he went down”.
Root and etymology
katerchomaikappa–alpha–tau–epsilon–rho–chi–omicron–mu–alpha–iota
“to go down, descend”
In context — Acts 18:22
After he came down to Caesarea , he went up, greeted the church , and then went down to Antioch.
About this coordinate
Acts 18:22:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Acts 18:22, so the Greek word κατελθὼν (katelthôn) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Acts.18.22.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.18.22.W2.S1) and character.