Acts 27:13:8Acts.27.13.W8TAB
ἄραντες
arantes
“having weighed anchor”
- Transliteration
- A-ran-tes
- Extended
- AH-rahn-tehs
- IPA
- /ˈa.ran.tes/
Meaning by language
- English
- having weighed anchor
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Alphabet Analysis
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| 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
A-ran-tes
- sentence
hy-po-pneu-SAN-tos de NO-tou DOX-an-tes tês pro-THE-se-ōs ke-kra-tê-KE-nai A-ran-tes AS-son pa-re-LE-gon-to tēn KRÊ-tēn
Exegesis
The adverbial participle arantes {ἄραντες | árantes} ‘having weighed anchor’ leads into the imperfect middle parelegonto {παρελέγοντο | parelégonto} ‘they sailed along,’ where the middle voice conveys engaged action.
In context — Acts 27:13
When the south wind began to blow gently, supposing that they had obtained their purpose , they weighed anchor and sailed along close to Crete .
About this coordinate
Acts 27:13:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Acts 27:13, so the Greek word ἄραντες (arantes) 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.27.13.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.27.13.W8.S1) and character.