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
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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
ÊL-tho-men
- 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 context — Acts 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.