Acts 21:1:9Acts.21.1.W9TAB
εὐθυδρομήσαντες
euthydromêsantes
“having made a straight course”
- Transliteration
- eu-thy-dro-MÊ-san-tes
- Extended
- eu-thy-droh-MÊÊ-sahn-tehs
- IPA
- /eu.tʰy.droˈmɛː.san.tes/
Meaning by language
- English
- having made a straight course
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Theta | th — as in thin | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Delta | th — as in this | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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The word
Word in context
- word
eu-thy-dro-MÊ-san-tes
- sentence
hôs de e-GHE-ne-to a-na-khTHÊ-nai hê-MAS a-po-spa-STHEN-tas ap au-TÔN eu-thy-dro-MÊ-san-tes ÊL-tho-men eis tên KÔ têi de hek-SÊS eis tên HRO-don ka-KEI-then eis PA-ta-ra
Exegesis
The nominative participle euthydromēsantes {εὐθυδρομήσαντες | euthudromḗsantes} ‘having run a straight course’ functions as a circumstantial participle modifying the main verb ēlthomen {ἤλθομεν | ḗlthomen} ‘we came,’ indicating the manner of travel.
Root and etymology
euthydromeōepsilon–upsilon–theta–upsilon–delta–rho–omicron–mu–epsilon–omega
“to run a straight course, sail directly”
In context — Acts 21:1
After we had parted from them and put out to sea, we sailed a straight course and reached Cos; on the next day we arrived at Rhodes, and from there at Patara.
About this coordinate
Acts 21:1:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Acts 21:1, so the Greek word εὐθυδρομήσαντες (euthydromêsantes) 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.21.1.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.21.1.W9.S1) and character.