Acts 20:3:12Acts.20.3.W12TAB
ἀνάγεσθαι
anagesthai
“to set sail”
- Transliteration
- a-NA-ges-thai
- Extended
- ah-NAH-gehhs-thai
- IPA
- /aˈna.ges.tʰai/
Meaning by language
- English
- to set sail
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Alphabet Analysis
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Gamma | gh — guttural | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Theta | th — as in thin | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Iota | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
- word
a-NA-ges-thai
- sentence
poi-EE-sas te MÊ-nas TREIS ge-no-ME-nês e-pi-bou-LÊS au-TÔ hy-PO TÔN i-ou-dai-ÔN MEL-lon-ti a-NA-ges-thai eis tên sy-REE-an e-GE-ne-to GNÔ-mês tou hy-po-STRE-phein di-A ma-ke-do-NI-as
Exegesis
The participle mellonti {μέλλοντι | méllonti} combined with the infinitive anagesthai {ἀνάγεσθαι | anágesthai} forms a periphrastic expression of imminent intention, “as he was about to set sail,” marking the precise moment that danger arose.
In context — Acts 20:3
After he had spent three months there, when a plot was made against him by the Jews as he was about to set sail for Syria, he resolved to return through Macedonia.
About this coordinate
Acts 20:3:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Acts 20:3, so the Greek word ἀνάγεσθαι (anagesthai) 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.20.3.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.20.3.W12.S1) and character.