Acts 25:7:9Acts.25.7.W9TAB
καταβεβηκότες
katabebêkotes
“having come down”
- Transliteration
- ka-ta-be-bê-KO-tes
- Extended
- kah-tah-beh-beh-KOH-tehs
- IPA
- /ka.ta.be.beˈbɛː.ko.tes/
Meaning by language
- English
- having come down
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Kappa | k — as in kite | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Beta | v — as in victory | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Beta | v — as in victory | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Kappa | k — as in kite | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ka-ta-be-bê-KO-tes
- sentence
pa-ra-ge-no-ME-nou de au-TOU pe-ri-E-stê-san au-TON hoi a-PO hi-e-ro-so-LY-mōn ka-ta-be-bê-KO-tes i-ou-da-I-oi pol-LA kai ba-RE-a ai-ti-O-ma-ta ka-ta-PHE-ron-tes ha ouk IS-khy-on a-po-DEI-ksai
Exegesis
The subject is specified by the article-plus-participle construction hoi apo Hierosolymōn katabebēkotes Ioudaioi {οἱ ἀπὸ Ἱεροσολύμων καταβεβηκότες Ἰουδαῖοι | hoí apó Hierosolýmōn katabebēkótes Ioudaîoi} ‘the Jews who had come down from Jerusalem,’ where katabebēkotes modifies Ioudaioi and the preposition apo with genitive denotes origin.
Root and etymology
Rootkappa–alpha–tau–alpha
“down, against, according to”
In context — Acts 25:7
When Paul arrived, the Jews who had come down from Jerusalem stood around him, bringing many and serious accusations against him, which they were not able to prove.
About this coordinate
Acts 25:7:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Acts 25:7, so the Greek word καταβεβηκότες (katabebêkotes) 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.25.7.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.25.7.W9.S1) and character.