Acts 13:10:20Acts.13.10.W20TAB
τὰς
tas
“the”
- Transliteration
- tas
- Extended
- tahs
- IPA
- /tas/
Meaning by language
- English
- the
Alphabet Analysis
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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Word in context
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tas
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EI-pen Ô PLÊ-rês pan-TOS DO-lou KAI PA-sês hra-di-our-GI-as hy-E di-a-BO-lou ekh-THRE PA-sês di-kai-o-SY-nês ou PAU-sêi di-a-STRE-phōn tas ho-DOUS ky-REE-ou tas eu-THEI-as
Exegesis
The object phrase tas hodous kyriou tas eutheias {τὰς ὁδοὺς κυρίου τὰς εὐθείας | tás ho-doús ky-rí-ou tás eu-theí-as} is structured with article–noun–genitive–article–adjective, literally “the ways of the Lord, the straight (ones),” with the repeated article and attributive position marking “straight” as a defining quality of the Lord’s paths. In translation, this structure is rendered as “the straight ways/paths of the Lord,” preserving the metaphor of morally right direction and the contrast with the act of perverting them.
In context — Acts 13:10
And he said, “O you full of all deceit and all villainy, son of the devil, enemy of all righteousness, will you not stop perverting the straight ways of the Lord ?”
About this coordinate
Acts 13:10:20 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 20 of Acts 13:10, so the Greek word τὰς (tas) 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.13.10.W20, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.13.10.W20.S1) and character.