Acts 19:29:18Acts.19.29.W18TAB
συνεκδήμους
synekdêemous
“fellow travelers”
- Transliteration
- sy-nek-DÊE-mous
- Extended
- syoo-nehk-DÊE-moos
- IPA
- /sy.nekˈdɛː.muːs/
Meaning by language
- English
- fellow travelers
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Kappa | k — as in kite | |
| Delta | th — as in this | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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Word in context
- word
sy-nek-DÊE-mous
- sentence
KAI e-PLÊS-thê hê PO-lis TÊS syn-KHY-se-ōs HÔR-mê-san te ho-mo-thy-ma-DON eis to THÉ-a-tron sy-nar-PA-san-tes GA-i-on KAI a-RI-star-khon ma-ke-DO-nas sy-nek-DÊE-mous PAU-lou
Exegesis
The accusative apposition Makedonas {Μακεδόνας | Makedónas} further identifies these men as Macedonians, while synekdemous Paulou {συνεκδήμους Παύλου | synekdḗmous Paúlou} adds another accusative phrase specifying them as Paul’s traveling companions, with the genitive Paulou marking possession or association. In translation, the two main finite verbs are retained as sequential actions, and the participle synarpasantes is rendered as an attendant circumstance (“having seized,” “dragging along”) to preserve both the temporal sequence and the aggressive nuance of the crowd’s behavior. Appositional accusatives are conveyed with descriptive phrases (“Macedonians, traveling companions of Paul”) to maintain their explanatory force in English.
Root and etymology
synekdemossigma–upsilon–nu–epsilon–kappa–delta–eta–mu–omicron–sigma
“one who travels together, fellow traveler”
In context — Acts 19:29
And the city was filled with confusion , and they rushed with one accord into the theater, having seized Gaius and Aristarchus, Macedonians, traveling companions of Paul .
About this coordinate
Acts 19:29:18 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 18 of Acts 19:29, so the Greek word συνεκδήμους (synekdêemous) 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.19.29.W18, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.19.29.W18.S1) and character.