Acts 20:3:19Acts.20.3.W19TAB
ὑποστρέφειν
hypostrephein
“to return”
- Transliteration
- hy-po-STRE-phein
- Extended
- hyoo-poh-STREH-pheein
- IPA
- /hy.poˈstre.pʰeːin/
Meaning by language
- English
- to return
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Phi | ph — as in phone (f) | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
- word
hy-po-STRE-phein
- 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 articular infinitive tou hypostrephein {τοῦ ὑποστρέφειν | toû hypostréphein} specifies the content of this resolve, “to return,” while dia Makedonias {διὰ Μακεδονίας | diá Makedonías} adds a genitive prepositional phrase describing the route “through Macedonia.” In the translations, conjunctions such as “after,” “when,” “but,” and “so” make explicit the temporal and causal links that Greek presents more compactly through participles and the genitive absolute, preserving the narrative logic of a deliberate change of travel plans in response to a threat.
Root and etymology
hypostrephōupsilon–pi–omicron–sigma–tau–rho–epsilon–phi–omega
“to return, turn back”
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 20:3:19 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 19 of Acts 20:3, so the Greek word ὑποστρέφειν (hypostrephein) 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.W19, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.20.3.W19.S1) and character.