Acts 22:30:26Acts.22.30.W26TAB
καταγαγὼν
katagagôn
“having brought down”
- Transliteration
- ka-ta-ga-GÔN
- Extended
- kah-tah-gah-GÔN
- IPA
- /ka.ta.gaˈɡɔːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- having brought down
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Alphabet Analysis
| Kappa | k — as in kite | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Gamma | gh — guttural | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Gamma | gh — guttural | |
| Omega | o — same as omicron | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
- word
ka-ta-ga-GÔN
- sentence
tê DE e-PAU-ri-on bou-LO-me-nos GNÔ-nai to as-pha-LES to TI ka-tê-go-REI-tai hy-PO tôn i-ou-dai-ÔN E-ly-sen au-TON kai e-KE-leu-sen sy-nel-THEIN tous ar-khi-e-REIS kai PAN to sy-NE-dri-on kai ka-ta-ga-GÔN ton PAU-lon E-stê-sen eis au-TOUS
Exegesis
The circumstantial aorist participle katagagōn {καταγαγών | katagagṓn} ‘having brought down’ precedes the main verb estēsen {ἔστησεν | éstēsen} ‘he set’, indicating that Paul is moved into place before the council, rendered by the prepositional phrase eis autous {εἰς αὐτούς | eis autoús}. In translation, boulomenos and katagagōn are rendered as finite subordinate clauses (“wanting to ascertain,” “then he brought Paul down and had him stand”) to reflect their causal and temporal relations naturally, and the double-article construction is mirrored by pairing “certainty” with an expression of the legal claims.
In context — Acts 22:30
But on the next day, wanting to ascertain the certainty of the charges brought against him by the Jews , he unbound him and ordered the chief priests and the entire council to assemble; then he brought Paul down and placed him before them.
About this coordinate
Acts 22:30:26 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 26 of Acts 22:30, so the Greek word καταγαγὼν (katagagôn) 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.22.30.W26, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.22.30.W26.S1) and character.