Acts 20:13:3Acts.20.13.W3TAB
προελθόντες
proelthontes
“having gone ahead”
- Transliteration
- pro-el-THON-tes
- Extended
- proh-ehl-THON-tehs
- IPA
- /pro.elˈtʰon.tes/
Meaning by language
- English
- having gone ahead
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Theta | th — as in thin | |
| 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 |
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Word in context
- word
pro-el-THON-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 aorist participle proelthontes {προελθόντες | pro-el-thón-tes} forms a circumstantial temporal clause, “after going on ahead,” which precedes the main verb anēchthēmen {ἀνήχθημεν | anḗch-thē-men}, “we set sail.”
Root and etymology
proerchomaiproerkhomai: pi–rho–omicron–epsilon–rho–kappa–omicron–mu–alpha–iota
“to go before, advance”
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 20:13:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Acts 20:13, so the Greek word προελθόντες (proelthontes) 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.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.20.13.W3.S1) and character.