Acts 18:7:2Acts.18.7.W2TAB
μεταβὰς
metabas
“having departed”
- Transliteration
- me-ta-BAS
- Extended
- meh-tah-BAS
- IPA
- /me.taˈbas/
Meaning by language
- English
- having departed
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Alphabet Analysis
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Beta | v — as in victory | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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The word
Word in context
- word
me-ta-BAS
- sentence
kai me-ta-BAS e-KEI-then ei-SÊL-then eis oi-KI-an ti-NOS o-NO-ma-ti ti-TI-ou i-OU-stou se-bo-ME-nou ton the-ON hou hê oi-KI-a ÊN sy-no-mo-ROU-sa têi sy-na-gô-GÊI
Exegesis
The aorist participle metabās {μεταβὰς | meta-bàs} functions as a circumstantial temporal participle, “after departing,” setting up the background action for the main verb eisēlthen {εἰσῆλθεν | eis-êl-then} “he entered,” which carries the main narrative force.
Root and etymology
Rootmu–epsilon–tau–alpha
“with, after”
In context — Acts 18:7
And after departing from there, he entered into the house of a man named Titius Justus, a worshiper of God , whose house was adjoining the synagogue .
About this coordinate
Acts 18:7:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Acts 18:7, so the Greek word μεταβὰς (metabas) 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.18.7.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.18.7.W2.S1) and character.