Acts 27:5:11Acts.27.5.W11TAB
κατήλθομεν
katêlthomen
“we came down”
- Transliteration
- ka-TÊL-tho-men
- Extended
- kah-TAYL-thoh-mehn
- IPA
- /kaˈtɛːl.tʰo.men/
Meaning by language
- English
- we came down
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Alphabet Analysis
| Kappa | k — as in kite | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Theta | th — as in thin | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| 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-TÊL-tho-men
- sentence
TO te PE-la-gos to ka-TA tên ki-li-KI-an KAI pam-phy-LY-an di-a-PLEU-san-tes ka-TÊL-tho-men eis MY-ra tês ly-KI-as
Exegesis
The aorist participle diapleusantes {διαπλεύσαντες | di-a-pléu-san-tes} ‘having sailed through’ introduces a circumstantial temporal clause that sets the stage for the main verb katelthomen {κατήλθομεν | ka-tḗl-tho-men} ‘we came down’, indicating descent to a coastal port.
Root and etymology
erchomaiepsilon–rho–chi–omicron–mu–alpha–iota
“to come down, descend”
In context — Acts 27:5
After we had sailed through the sea along Cilicia and Pamphylia, we came down to Myra in Lycia .
About this coordinate
Acts 27:5:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Acts 27:5, so the Greek word κατήλθομεν (katêlthomen) 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.27.5.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.27.5.W11.S1) and character.