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

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Result
προ + ελ + θόν + τες
pro + el + thon + tes
proelthontes

Alphabet Analysis

Pip — as in pet
Rhor — rolled r
Omicrono — as in omit (short)
Epsilone — as in met (short)
Lambdal — as in law
Thetath — as in thin
Omicrono — as in omit (short)
Nun — as in new
Taut — as in top
Epsilone — as in met (short)
Sigma (final)s — used only at end of words

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Word in context

  1. word

    pro-el-THON-tes

  2. 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 contextActs 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.