Acts 21:5:24Acts.21.5.W24TAB
γόνατα
gonata
“knees”
- Transliteration
- GO-na-ta
- Extended
- GOH-nah-tah
- IPA
- /ˈgo.na.ta/
Meaning by language
- English
- knees
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Gamma | gh — guttural | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father |
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Word in context
- word
GO-na-ta
- sentence
HO-te de e-GHE-ne-to ek-sar-TI-sai hê-MAS tas hê-ME-ras ek-sel-THON-tes e-po-reu-O-me-tha pro-pem-PON-tōn hê-MAS PAN-tōn syn gy-nai-KSI KAI TEK-nois HE-ōs EK-sō tês PO-le-ōs KAI THEN-tes ta GO-na-ta e-PI ton ai-gi-a-LON pro-seu-KSA-me-noi
Exegesis
Finally, the participial clauses thentes ta gonata epi ton aigialon {θέντες τὰ γόνατα ἐπὶ τὸν αἰγιαλὸν | thén-tes tà gó-na-ta e-pì tón ai-gi-a-lón} ‘placing the knees on the shore’ and proseuxamenoi {προσευξάμενοι | pro-seu-xá-me-noi} ‘having prayed’ are rendered with finite verbs in English to preserve the sequence of kneeling and prayer while maintaining narrative flow.
Root and etymology
gonugamma–omicron–nu–upsilon
“knee”
In context — Acts 21:5
When our days were completed , we left and continued our journey, and all of them—with wives and children—escorted us outside the city; then, after kneeling on the shore, we prayed .
About this coordinate
Acts 21:5:24 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 24 of Acts 21:5, so the Greek word γόνατα (gonata) 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.21.5.W24, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.21.5.W24.S1) and character.