Acts 20:22:8Acts.20.22.W8TAB
πορεύομαι
poreuomai
“I go”
- Transliteration
- po-REU-o-mai
- Extended
- poh-REU-oh-mai
- IPA
- /poˈreu.o.mai/
Meaning by language
- English
- I go
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Alphabet Analysis
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Iota | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
- word
po-REU-o-mai
- sentence
KAI NYN i-doo de-de-ME-nos e-GÔ tÔI PNEU-ma-ti po-REU-o-mai eis i-e-rou-sa-LÊM ta en au-TÊI sy-nan-TÊ-son-ta moi MÊ ei-DÔS
Exegesis
The main verb poreuomai {πορεύομαι | po-reú-o-mai} ‘I go’ is present middle indicative, portraying Paul’s journey to Jerusalem as a current, ongoing course of action.
Root and etymology
poreuomaipi–omicron–rho–epsilon–upsilon–omicron–mu–alpha–iota
“to go, travel, journey”
In context — Acts 20:22
And now, behold, I, having been bound in the Spirit , am going to Jerusalem, not knowing the things that will meet me there.
About this coordinate
Acts 20:22:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Acts 20:22, so the Greek word πορεύομαι (poreuomai) 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.20.22.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.20.22.W8.S1) and character.