Acts 28:13:3Acts.28.13.W3TAB
κατηντήσαμεν
katêntêsamen
“we arrived”
- Transliteration
- ka-tên-TÊ-sa-men
- Extended
- kah-têhn-TÊH-sah-mehn
- IPA
- /ka.tɛːnˈtɛː.sa.men/
Meaning by language
- English
- we arrived
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Kappa | k — as in kite | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
- word
ka-tên-TÊ-sa-men
- sentence
HO-then pe-ri-el-THON-tes ka-tên-TÊ-sa-men eis RHÊ-gi-on kai me-TA MI-an hê-ME-ran e-pi-ge-no-ME-nou NO-tou deu-te-RAI-ō ÊL-tho-men eis po-ti-O-lous
Exegesis
The participle perielontes {περιελόντες | pe-ri-e-LÓN-tes} precedes the main verb katentesamen {κατηντήσαμεν | ka-tēn-TÉ-sa-men} and functions adverbially, indicating manner or route: “having sailed around, we arrived.”
Root and etymology
katantaōkappa–alpha–tau–alpha–nu–tau–alpha–omega
“to come down to, arrive at a place or goal”
In context — Acts 28:13
And from there, having sailed around , we arrived at Rhegium. And after one day, when a south wind arose, on the second day we came to Puteoli .
About this coordinate
Acts 28:13:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Acts 28:13, so the Greek word κατηντήσαμεν (katêntêsamen) 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.28.13.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.28.13.W3.S1) and character.