Acts 20:13:12Acts.20.13.W12TAB
μέλλοντες
mellontes
“intending”
- Transliteration
- MEL-lon-tes
- Extended
- MEHL-lohn-tehs
- IPA
- /ˈmel.lon.tes/
Meaning by language
- English
- intending
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
Tap any key to hear its pronunciation
Now you try — trace the word:
The word
Word in context
- word
MEL-lon-tes
- sentence
hê-MEIS de pro-el-THON-tes e-PI to PLOI-on a-NÊKH-thê-men e-PI tên AS-son e-KEI-then MEL-lon-tes a-na-lam-BA-nein ton PAU-lon HOU-tôs gar di-a-te-ta-GME-nos ÊN MEL-lôn au-TOS pe-DZEU-ein
Exegesis
The participial construction mellontes analambanein ton Paulon {μέλλοντες ἀναλαμβάνειν τὸν Παῦλον | mél-lon-tes a-na-lam-bá-nein tón Paû-lon} is syntactically coordinated with the main clause and expresses intended purpose: they were sailing with the plan of taking Paul on board from there.
In context — Acts 20:13
But we, having gone ahead to the ship, set sail for Assos, intending from there to take Paul on board; for thus he had arranged, since he himself was about to go by land .
About this coordinate
Acts 20:13:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Acts 20:13, so the Greek word μέλλοντες (mellontes) 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.20.13.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.20.13.W12.S1) and character.