Acts 20:37:10Acts.20.37.W10TAB

τράχηλον

trakhēlon

neck

Transliteration
TRA-khē-lon
Extended
TRAH-khay-lohn
IPA
/ˈtra.kʰɛː.lon/

Meaning by language

English
neck

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Result
τρά + χη + λον
tra + khē + lon
trakhēlon

Alphabet Analysis

Taut — as in top
Rhor — rolled r
Alphaah — as in father
Chih/kh — like Bach
Etai — as in machine
Lambdal — as in law
Omicrono — as in omit (short)
Nun — as in new

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Word in context

  1. word

    TRA-khē-lon

  2. sentence

    hi-ka-NOS de klau-THMOS e-GHE-ne-to PAN-tōn KAI e-pi-pe-SON-tes e-PI ton TRA-khē-lon tou PAU-lou ka-te-PHI-loun au-TON

Exegesis

The participle epipesontes {ἐπιπεσόντες | epipesóntes} is a circumstantial aorist participle marking an attendant action, specified by the prepositional phrase epi ton trachelon tou Paulou {ἐπὶ τὸν τράχηλον τοῦ Παύλου | epì tòn tráchēlon tou Paúlou} “upon Paul’s neck.”

In contextActs 20:37

And there arose much weeping among them all, and having fallen upon the neck of Paul, they kept kissing him.

About this coordinate

Acts 20:37:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Acts 20:37, so the Greek word τράχηλον (trakhēlon) 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.20.37.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.20.37.W10.S1) and character.