Acts 13:12:12Acts.13.12.W12TAB
τοῦ
tou
“of the”
- Transliteration
- tou
- Extended
- too
- IPA
- /tuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- of the
Alphabet Analysis
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
- word
tou
- sentence
TO-te i-DON ho an-THY-pa-tos to ge-go-NOS e-PI-steu-sen ek-plês-SO-me-nos e-PI tê di-da-KHÊ tou KY-ree-ou
Exegesis
The preposition epi {ἐπὶ | e-pì} with the dative phrase tē didachē tou kuriou {τῇ διδαχῇ τοῦ κυρίου | tē di-da-khḗ tou ku-rí-ou} ‘at the teaching of the Lord’ expresses the cause or ground of his amazement. The English reconstructions render the participial chain with a combination of subordinate and coordinate clauses to preserve natural flow while retaining the logical progression: seeing the event leads to belief, and that belief is characterized by amazement at the Lord’s teaching.
Root and etymology
leitourgosleitourgos
“public servant”
In context — Acts 13:12
Then the proconsul , having seen what had happened, believed, being astonished at the teaching of the Lord .
About this coordinate
Acts 13:12:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Acts 13:12, so the Greek word τοῦ (tou) 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.13.12.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.13.12.W12.S1) and character.