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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Result
ἀ + νήχ + θη + μεν
a + nêkh + thê + men
anêkhthêmen

Alphabet Analysis

Alphaah — as in father
Nun — as in new
Etai — as in machine
Chih/kh — like Bach
Thetath — as in thin
Etai — as in machine
Mum — as in mother
Epsilone — as in met (short)
Nun — as in new

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Word in context

  1. word

    a-NÊKH-thê-men

  2. 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 contextActs 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.