Acts 21:30:15Acts.21.30.W15TAB
εἷλκον
heilkon
“they were dragging”
- Transliteration
- HEIL-kon
- Extended
- heil-KOHN
- IPA
- /ˈheil.kon/
Meaning by language
- English
- they were dragging
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Alphabet Analysis
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Kappa | k — as in kite | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
- word
HEIL-kon
- sentence
e-ki-NEE-thê te hê PO-lis HO-lê kai e-GE-ne-to syn-dro-MÊ tou la-OU kai e-pi-la-BO-me-noi tou PAU-lou HEIL-kon au-TON EX-ô tou hi-e-ROU kai eu-THE-ôs e-KLEIS-thê-san hai THY-rai
Exegesis
The nominative participle epilabomenoi tou Paulou {ἐπιλαβόμενοι τοῦ Παύλου | e-pi-la-bó-me-noi toû Paú-lou} functions circumstantially (“having seized Paul”), leading into the imperfect heilkon {εἷλκον | heíl-kon} ‘they were dragging,’ with auton {αὐτὸν | au-tòn} as object.
In context — Acts 21:30
The whole city was stirred up, and the people rushed together. They seized Paul and dragged him out of the temple, and immediately the doors were shut.
About this coordinate
Acts 21:30:15 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 15 of Acts 21:30, so the Greek word εἷλκον (heilkon) 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.21.30.W15, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.21.30.W15.S1) and character.