Acts 27:5:5Acts.27.5.W5TAB
κατὰ
kata
“along”
- Transliteration
- ka-TA
- Extended
- kah-TAH
- IPA
- /kaˈta/
Meaning by language
- English
- along
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 |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ka-TA
- 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 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 27:5:5 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.