Acts 27:8:5Acts.27.8.W5TAB

ἤλθομεν

êlthomen

we came

Transliteration
ÊL-tho-men
Extended
EHL-thoh-mehn
IPA
/ˈɛːl.tʰo.men/

Meaning by language

English
we came

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Result
ἤλ + θο + μεν
êl + tho + men
êlthomen

Alphabet Analysis

Etai — as in machine
Lambdal — as in law
Thetath — as in thin
Omicrono — as in omit (short)
Mum — as in mother
Epsilone — as in met (short)
Nun — as in new

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Word in context

  1. word

    ÊL-tho-men

  2. sentence

    MO-lis te pa-ra-le-GO-me-noi au-TÊN ÊL-tho-men eis TO-pon ti-NA ka-LOU-me-non ka-LOUS li-ME-nas hôi en-GYS ÊN PO-lis la-sa-I-a

Exegesis

The present middle participle paralegomenoi {παραλεγόμενοι | pa-ra-le-gó-me-noi} ‘passing along, coasting’ functions as a circumstantial modifier of elthomen {ἤλθομεν | ēl-tho-men} ‘we came’, emphasizing navigation near the shore.

Root and etymology

erchomaiepsilon–rho–chi–omicron–mu–alpha–iota

to come down, descend

In contextActs 27:8

Passing it with difficulty , we reached a place called Fair Havens, near the city of Lasea.

About this coordinate

Acts 27:8:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Acts 27:8, so the Greek word ἤλθομεν (êlthomen) 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.27.8.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.27.8.W5.S1) and character.