Acts 20:12:7Acts.20.12.W7TAB
παρεκλήθησαν
pareklêthêsan
“they were comforted”
- Transliteration
- pa-re-KLÊ-thê-san
- Extended
- pah-reh-KLEH-thay-sahn
- IPA
- /pa.reˈklɛː.tʰɛː.san/
Meaning by language
- English
- they were comforted
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Alphabet Analysis
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Kappa | k — as in kite | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Theta | th — as in thin | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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The word
Word in context
- word
pa-re-KLÊ-thê-san
- sentence
Ê-ga-gon DE ton PAI-da ZÔN-ta KAI pa-re-KLÊ-thê-san ou me-TRI-ôs
Exegesis
The coordinating conjunction kai {καὶ | kaí} introduces the result on the gathered group: pareklēthēsan ou metriōs {παρεκλήθησαν οὐ μετρίως | pa-re-klḗ-thē-san ou me-trí-ōs}. The passive verb pareklēthēsan presents the group as recipients of comfort, while the adverbial phrase ou metriōs uses litotes, a negation of “moderately,” to mean “greatly” or “very much.” English requires reordering for natural flow, so the idiom ou metriōs is rendered with a positive adverb such as “greatly,” preserving the intensified emotional response without the literal negated form.
Root and etymology
parakaleōpi–alpha–rho–alpha–kappa–alpha–lambda–epsilon–omega
“to call alongside, comfort, encourage”
In context — Acts 20:12
But they brought the young man alive, and they were not a little comforted .
About this coordinate
Acts 20:12:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Acts 20:12, so the Greek word παρεκλήθησαν (pareklêthêsan) 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.20.12.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.20.12.W7.S1) and character.