Acts 27:3:4Acts.27.3.W4TAB
κατήχθημεν
katêkhthêmen
“we were brought down”
- Transliteration
- ka-TÊ-khthê-men
- Extended
- kah-TÊ-khthê-mehn
- IPA
- /kaˈtɛː.kʰtʰɛː.men/
Meaning by language
- English
- we were brought 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 | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Chi | h/kh — like Bach | |
| Theta | th — as in thin | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ka-TÊ-khthê-men
- sentence
tê te he-TE-rai ka-TÊ-khthê-men eis si-DÔ-na phi-lan-THRÔ-pôs te ho i-OU-li-os tôi PAU-lôi khrê-SA-me-nos e-PE-trep-sen pros tous PHI-lous po-reu-THEN-ti e-pi-me-LEI-as ty-KHEIN
Exegesis
The main verb katēchthēmen {κατήχθημεν | katēchthē-men} is an aorist passive indicative denoting that the group was brought to Sidon, marked by the prepositional phrase eis Sidōna {εἰς Σιδῶνα | eis Sidṓ-na}.
In context — Acts 27:3
On the next day we reached Sidon, and Julius, having treated Paul kindly , allowed him to go to his friends to receive care .
About this coordinate
Acts 27:3:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Acts 27:3, so the Greek word κατήχθημεν (katêkhthêmen) 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.27.3.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.27.3.W4.S1) and character.