Acts 21:8:9Acts.21.8.W9TAB
εἰσελθόντες
eiselthontes
“having entered”
- Transliteration
- eis-el-THON-tes
- Extended
- eis-ehl-THOHN-tehs
- IPA
- /eis.elˈtʰon.tes/
Meaning by language
- English
- having entered
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Alphabet Analysis
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Theta | th — as in thin | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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Word in context
- word
eis-el-THON-tes
- sentence
têi de e-PAU-ri-on ek-sel-THON-tes ÊL-tho-men eis kai-SA-rei-an kai eis-el-THON-tes eis ton OI-kon phi-LIP-pou tou eu-an-ge-lis-TOU ON-tos ek tôn hep-TA e-MEI-na-men par au-TÔI
Exegesis
Two aorist participles, exelthontes {ἐξελθόντες | exelthóntes} ‘having gone out’ and eiselthontes {εἰσελθόντες | eiselthóntes} ‘having entered,’ precede the indicatives, ēlthómen {ἤλθομεν | ēlthómen} ‘we came’ and emeínamen {ἐμείναμεν | emeínamen} ‘we stayed,’ marking prior actions.
In context — Acts 21:8
On the following day we departed and arrived in Caesarea, and upon entering the house of Philip the evangelist, who was one of the seven , we stayed with him .
About this coordinate
Acts 21:8:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Acts 21:8, so the Greek word εἰσελθόντες (eiselthontes) 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.21.8.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.21.8.W9.S1) and character.