Acts 9:3:4Acts.9.3.W4TAB
πορεύεσθαι
poreuesthai
“to go”
- Transliteration
- po-REU-es-thai
- Extended
- poh-REU-ehs-thai
- IPA
- /poˈreu.es.tʰai/
Meaning by language
- English
- to go
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Theta | th — as in thin | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Iota | i — as in machine |
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The word
Word in context
- word
po-REU-es-thai
- sentence
en de tô po-REU-es-thai e-GE-ne-to au-TON eng-GI-zein tê da-mas-KÔ ek-SAI-phnēs te au-TON pe-ri-Ê-strapsen phÔS ek tou ou-ra-NOU
Exegesis
The verse begins with the articular infinitive construction en tō poreuesthai {ἐν τῷ πορεύεσθαι | en tôi poreúesthai} functioning adverbially to set the temporal scene “as he was traveling.”
Root and etymology
poreuomaipi–omicron–rho–epsilon–upsilon–omicron–mu–alpha–iota
“to travel, go about”
In context — Acts 9:3
As he was traveling and was drawing near to Damascus, a light from heaven suddenly shone around him.
About this coordinate
Acts 9:3:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Acts 9:3, so the Greek word πορεύεσθαι (poreuesthai) 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.9.3.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.9.3.W4.S1) and character.