Acts 20:1:13Acts.20.1.W13TAB
παρακαλέσας
parakalesas
“having encouraged”
- Transliteration
- pa-ra-ka-LE-sas
- Extended
- pah-rah-kah-LEH-sahs
- IPA
- /pa.ra.kaˈle.sas/
Meaning by language
- English
- having encouraged
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Kappa | k — as in kite | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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Word in context
- word
pa-ra-ka-LE-sas
- sentence
me-TA de to PAU-sas-thai ton THO-ry-bon me-ta-pem-PSA-me-nos ho PAU-los tous ma-thê-TA(S) kai pa-ra-ka-LE-sas a-spa-SA-me-nos ek-SÊL-then po-REU-es-thai eis ma-ke-do-NI-an
Exegesis
The nominative masculine singular participles metapempsamenos {μεταπεμψάμενος | meta-pem-psá-me-nos}, parakalesas {παρακαλέσας | pa-ra-ka-lé-sas}, and aspasamenos {ἀσπασάμενος | as-pa-sá-me-nos} function as circumstantial participles in agreement with the implicit subject Paulos; they form a chain of prior or attendant actions (“having sent for,” “having encouraged,” “having greeted / having taken leave”) that lead up to the main event.
Root and etymology
parakaleopi–alpha–rho–alpha–kappa–alpha–lambda–epsilon–omega
“to call alongside, encourage, exhort”
In context — Acts 20:1
After the uproar had ceased, Paul summoned the disciples, and when he had encouraged them and said farewell, he departed to go into Macedonia.
About this coordinate
Acts 20:1:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of Acts 20:1, so the Greek word παρακαλέσας (parakalesas) 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.20.1.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.20.1.W13.S1) and character.