Matthew 20:17:2Matt.20.17.W2TAB
ἀναβαίνων
anabainōn
“going up”
- Transliteration
- a-na-BAI-nōn
- Extended
- ah-nah-BAI-nohn
- IPA
- /a.naˈbai.nɔːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- going up
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Beta | v — as in victory | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Omega | o — same as omicron | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
- word
a-na-BAI-nōn
- phraseyour reading level
KAI a-na-BAI-nōn ho ee-ay-SOOS eis hi-e-ro-SO-ly-ma pa-RE-la-ben TOUS DÔ-de-ka ma-thê-TAS kat i-DI-an
- sentence
KAI a-na-BAI-nōn ho ee-ay-SOOS eis hi-e-ro-SO-ly-ma pa-RE-la-ben TOUS DÔ-de-ka ma-thê-TAS kat i-DI-an kai en TÊI ho-DÔI EI-pen au-TOIS
Exegesis
The participle anabainon {ἀναβαίνων | anabaínōn} “going up” precedes the subject and forms a circumstantial participial clause, indicating action contemporaneous with the main verb; it is best rendered with a finite verb in English (“was going up”) to preserve the ongoing motion.
In context — Matthew 20:17
And as Jesus was going up to Jerusalem, He took the twelve disciples aside privately, and on the way He said to them ,
About this coordinate
Matthew 20:17:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Matthew 20:17, so the Greek word ἀναβαίνων (anabainōn) 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 Matt.20.17.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Matt.20.17.W2.S1) and character.