Acts 28:14:4Acts.28.14.W4TAB
παρεκλήθημεν
pareklêthêmen
“we were urged”
- Transliteration
- pa-re-KLÊ-thê-men
- Extended
- pah-reh-KLAY-thay-mehn
- IPA
- /pa.reˈklɛː.tʰɛː.men/
Meaning by language
- English
- we were urged
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Kappa | k — as in kite | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Theta | th — as in thin | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
- word
pa-re-KLÊ-thê-men
- sentence
hou heu-RON-tes a-del-PHOUS pa-re-KLÊ-thê-men par au-TOIS e-pi-MEI-nai hê-ME-ras hep-TA kai HOU-tôs eis tên RHÔ-mên ÊL-tha-men
Exegesis
The main finite verb is pareklēthēmen {παρεκλήθημεν | pa-re-klḗ-thē-men}, an aorist passive indicative, “we were invited or urged,” marking the community as the agents of hospitality.
In context — Acts 28:14
Where, having found brothers , we were invited to remain with them for seven days, and thus we came into Rome .
About this coordinate
Acts 28:14:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Acts 28:14, so the Greek word παρεκλήθημεν (pareklêthêmen) 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.28.14.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.28.14.W4.S1) and character.