Acts 21:13:7Acts.21.13.W7TAB
κλαίοντες
klaiontes
“weeping”
- Transliteration
- KLAI-on-tes
- Extended
- klai-OHN-tehs
- IPA
- /ˈklai.on.tes/
Meaning by language
- English
- weeping
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Alphabet Analysis
| Kappa | k — as in kite | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| 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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Word in context
- word
KLAI-on-tes
- sentence
TO-te a-pe-KRI-thê ho PAU-los TI poi-EI-te KLAI-on-tes KAI syn-THRYP-ton-TES mou tên kar-DI-an e-GÔ gar ou MO-non de-THÊ-nai al-LA KAI a-po-tha-NEIN eis i-e-rou-sa-LÊM he-TOI-môs E-khô hy-PER tou o-NO-ma-tos tou KY-ree-ou ee-ay-SOO
Exegesis
The participles klaiontes {κλαίοντες | klái-on-tes} and synthryptontes {συνθρύπτοντές | syn-thrýp-ton-tes} depict ongoing emotional actions that “break” Paul’s kardia {καρδίαν | kar-dí-an}, revealing his empathetic pain.
In context — Acts 21:13
Then Paul answered, “Why are you weeping and breaking my heart? For I am ready not only to be bound but also to die in Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.”
About this coordinate
Acts 21:13:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Acts 21:13, so the Greek word κλαίοντες (klaiontes) 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.21.13.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.21.13.W7.S1) and character.