Acts 13:15:3Acts.13.15.W3TAB
τὴν
tên
“the”
- Transliteration
- tên
- Extended
- TAYN
- IPA
- /tɛːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- the
Alphabet Analysis
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
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tên
- sentence
me-TA de tên a-NA-gnō-sin tou NO-mou KAI tôn pro-phê-TÔN a-PE-stei-lan hoi ar-khi-sy-NA-gō-goi pros au-TOUS LE-gon-tes AN-dres a-del-FOI ei TIS es-TIN en hy-MIN LO-gos pa-ra-KLÊ-se-ōs pros ton la-ON LE-ge-te
Exegesis
The verse opens with the temporal prepositional phrase meta de ten anagnosin {μετὰ δὲ τὴν ἀνάγνωσιν | metà dè tēn anágnōsin} ‘after the reading’, marking the point in the synagogue service when the next action occurs.
Root and etymology
pseudoprophētēs (compound)psi–epsilon–upsilon–delta–omicron–pi–rho–omicron–phi–eta–tau–eta–sigma
“false prophet, counterfeit spokesman”
In context — Acts 13:15
And after the reading of the Law and the Prophets, the synagogue rulers sent to them, saying, “Men, brothers, if there is among you a word of exhortation for the people, speak.”
About this coordinate
Acts 13:15:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Acts 13:15, so the Greek word τὴν (tên) 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.13.15.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.13.15.W3.S1) and character.