Acts 21:19:5Acts.21.19.W5TAB

καθʼ

kath

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Transliteration
kath
Extended
kahth
IPA
/katʰ/

Meaning by language

English
according to

Alphabet Analysis

Kappak — as in kite
Alphaah — as in father
Thetath — as in thin

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Accents & breathings
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Word in context

  1. word

    kath

  2. sentence

    kai a-spa-SA-me-nos au-TOUS ek-sê-gê-I-to kath HEN HE-ka-ston hôn e-POI-ê-sen ho the-OS en tois ETH-ne-sin di-A tês di-a-ko-NI-as au-TOU

Exegesis

The prepositional-distributive phrase kathʼ hén hékaston {καθʼ ἓν ἕκαστον | kath' hén hékaston} functions adverbially to highlight the item-by-item nature of the account, rendered explicitly as “in detail” in the formal and idiomatically as “carefully” in the dynamic.

In contextActs 21:19

After greeting them, he recounted in detail the things which God had done among the Gentiles through his ministry.

About this coordinate

Acts 21:19:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Acts 21:19, so the Greek word καθʼ (kath) 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.21.19.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.21.19.W5.S1) and character.