Acts 20:2:11Acts.20.2.W11TAB

ἦλθεν

êlthen

he came

Transliteration
ÊL-then
Extended
AYL-then
IPA
/ˈɛːl.tʰen/

Meaning by language

English
he came

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Result
ἦλ + θεν
êl + then
êlthen

Alphabet Analysis

Etai — as in machine
Lambdal — as in law
Thetath — as in thin
Epsilone — as in met (short)
Nun — as in new

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Word in context

  1. word

    ÊL-then

  2. sentence

    di-el-THON de ta ME-rê e-KEI-na KAI pa-ra-ka-LE-sas au-TOUS LO-gō pol-LOI ÊL-then eis tên hel-LA-da

Exegesis

The narrative then moves to the finite aorist verb ēlthen {ἦλθεν | ēl-then} ‘he came’, which carries the main storyline forward.

In contextActs 20:2

And after he had gone through those regions and had encouraged them with many words , he came into Greece.

About this coordinate

Acts 20:2:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Acts 20:2, so the Greek word ἦλθεν (êlthen) 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.20.2.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.20.2.W11.S1) and character.