Acts 20:2:7Acts.20.2.W7TAB
παρακαλέσας
parakalesas
“having encouraged”
- Transliteration
- pa-ra-ka-LE-sas
- Extended
- pah-rah-kah-LEH-sahs
- IPA
- /pa.ra.kaˈle.sas/
Meaning by language
- English
- having encouraged
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Kappa | k — as in kite | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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Word in context
- word
pa-ra-ka-LE-sas
- 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 second aorist participle parakalesas {παρακαλέσας | pa-ra-ka-lé-sas} ‘having encouraged’ is coordinated with dielthon and shares the same subject, indicating that the ministry of exhortation accompanied the travel rather than following it.
Root and etymology
parakaleopi–alpha–rho–alpha–kappa–alpha–lambda–epsilon–omega
“to call alongside, encourage, exhort”
In context — Acts 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 20:2:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Acts 20:2, so the Greek word παρακαλέσας (parakalesas) 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.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.20.2.W7.S1) and character.