Acts 8:28:3Acts.8.28.W3TAB
ὑποστρέφων
hypostrephōn
“returning”
- Transliteration
- hy-po-STRE-phōn
- Extended
- hyoo-poh-STREH-phohn
- IPA
- /hy.poˈstre.pʰɔːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- returning
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Phi | ph — as in phone (f) | |
| Omega | o — same as omicron | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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The word
Word in context
- word
hy-po-STRE-phōn
- sentence
AYN te hy-po-STRE-phōn kai ka-THÊ-me-nos e-PI tou HAR-ma-tos au-TOU kai a-ne-GI-nō-sken ton pro-PHÊ-tēn Ê-sa-I-an
Exegesis
The present participle hypostrephōn {ὑποστρέφων | hupostréphōn} is paired with the coordinating conjunction kai {καί | kaí} and the participle kathēmenos {καθήμενος | kathḗmenos} to describe simultaneous actions or states, “returning and sitting,” that are temporally framed by the imperfect “he was.”
Root and etymology
strephōsigma–tau–rho–epsilon–phi–omega
“to turn, turn around”
In context — Acts 8:28
And he was returning and sitting upon his chariot, and he was reading the prophet Isaiah .
About this coordinate
Acts 8:28:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Acts 8:28, so the Greek word ὑποστρέφων (hypostrephōn) 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.8.28.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.8.28.W3.S1) and character.