Acts 27:5:5Acts.27.5.W5TAB

κατὰ

kata

along

Transliteration
ka-TA
Extended
kah-TAH
IPA
/kaˈta/

Meaning by language

English
along

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Result
κα + τὰ
ka + ta
kata

Alphabet Analysis

Kappak — as in kite
Alphaah — as in father
Taut — as in top
Alphaah — as in father

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Word in context

  1. word

    ka-TA

  2. 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 prepositional phrase kata ten Kilikian kai Pamphulian {κατὰ τὴν Κιλικίαν καὶ Παμφυλίαν | katà tḕn Ki-li-kí-an kaí Pam-phu-lí-an} uses kata {κατὰ | katà} ‘along’ to denote navigation parallel to the coast.

Root and etymology

agōalpha–gamma–omega

to lead down

In contextActs 27:5

After we had sailed through the sea along Cilicia and Pamphylia, we came down to Myra in Lycia .

About this coordinate

Acts 27:5:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Acts 27:5, so the Greek word κατὰ (kata) 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.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.27.5.W5.S1) and character.