Acts 21:2:8Acts.21.2.W8TAB
ἀνήχθημεν
anêkhthêmen
“we set sail”
- Transliteration
- a-NÊKH-thê-men
- Extended
- ah-NÊE-khah-thêh-mehn
- IPA
- /aˈnɛːkʰ.tʰɛː.men/
Meaning by language
- English
- we set sail
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Alphabet Analysis
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Chi | h/kh — like Bach | |
| Theta | th — as in thin | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
- word
a-NÊKH-thê-men
- sentence
KAI heu-RON-tes PLOI-on di-a-pe-RON eis phoi-NEE-kên e-pi-BAN-tes a-NÊKH-thê-men
Exegesis
The finite verb anechthēmen {ἀνήχθημεν | anḗchthēmen} ‘we set sail’, in the aorist passive indicative first person plural, carries the main narrative force, depicting departure by sea. This chain of circumstantial participles culminating in a finite verb produces a concise sequence of events.
In context — Acts 21:2
After finding a ship that was crossing to Phoenicia, we boarded it and sailed .
About this coordinate
Acts 21:2:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Acts 21:2, so the Greek word ἀνήχθημεν (anêkhthêmen) 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.21.2.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.21.2.W8.S1) and character.