Acts 21:3:13Acts.21.3.W13TAB
κατήλθομεν
katêlthomen
“we came down”
- Transliteration
- ka-TÊL-tho-men
- Extended
- kah-TEHL-thoh-mehn
- IPA
- /kaˈtɛːl.tʰo.men/
Meaning by language
- English
- we came down
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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 | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ka-TÊL-tho-men
- sentence
a-na-PHA-nan-tes de tên KY-pron kai ka-ta-li-PON-tes au-TÊN eu-Ô-ny-mon e-PLE-o-men eis sy-RI-an kai ka-TÊL-tho-men eis TY-ron e-KEI-se gar to PLOI-on ÊN a-po-phor-ti-DZO-me-non ton GO-mon
Exegesis
The narrative then uses the prepositional phrase eis Syrian {εἰς Συρίαν | eis Syrían} to indicate direction of travel, followed by the aorist verb katelthomen {κατήλθομεν | katḗlthomen} ‘we went down’ marking alighting at Tyron {Τύρον | Týron}.
In context — Acts 21:3
When Cyprus came into view and we left it to our left, we sailed toward Syria and came ashore at Tyre, because there the ship was to unload its cargo .
About this coordinate
Acts 21:3:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of Acts 21:3, so the Greek word κατήλθομεν (katêlthomen) 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.21.3.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.21.3.W13.S1) and character.