Acts 21:10:5Acts.21.10.W5TAB
κατῆλθέν
katêlthen
“came down”
- Transliteration
- ka-TÊL-then
- Extended
- kah-TAYL-thehn
- IPA
- /kaˈtɛːl.tʰen/
Meaning by language
- English
- came down
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Kappa | k — as in kite | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Theta | th — as in thin | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
- word
ka-TÊL-then
- sentence
e-pi-me-NON-tōn DE hê-ME-ras PLEI-oos ka-TÊL-then tis a-PO tês iou-dai-AS pro-PHÊ-tēs o-NO-ma-ti HA-ga-bos
Exegesis
The main clause uses the aorist indicative katelthen tis {κατῆλθέν τις | katēlthén tis} with a fronted verb for narrative immediacy (“there came down a certain one”).
Root and etymology
katérchomaikappa–alpha–tau–epsilon–rho–chi–omicron–mu–alpha–iota
“to come down, descend”
In context — Acts 21:10
While we were staying there for many days, a prophet named Agabus came down from Judea.
About this coordinate
Acts 21:10:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Acts 21:10, so the Greek word κατῆλθέν (katêlthen) 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.21.10.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.21.10.W5.S1) and character.