Acts 13:46:16Acts.13.46.W16TAB
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
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tou
- sentence
par-rhē-si-a-SA-me-noi te ho PAU-los KAI ho bar-na-BAS EI-pan hy-MEEN EEN a-nan-KAI-on PRO-ton la-lē-THÊ-nai ton LO-gon tou the-OU e-pei-DÊ a-pō-THEI-sthe au-TON KAI ouk a-KSI-ous KRI-ne-te he-au-TOUS tês ai-ō-NI-ou zō-ÊS i-DOU stre-PHO-me-tha eis ta E-thnē
Exegesis
The clause ēn anankaion prōton lalēthēnai ton logon tou theou {ἦν ἀναγκαῖον πρῶτον λαληθῆναι τὸν λόγον τοῦ θεοῦ | ên anankaîon prôton lalēthê-nai tòn lógon toû theoû} uses an impersonal construction (ēn anankaion) plus an aorist passive infinitive (lalēthēnai) to express divine necessity, with prōton giving adverbial prominence to Israel’s priority.
Root and etymology
leitourgosleitourgos
“public servant”
In context — Acts 13:46
And after Paul and Barnabas had spoken boldly, they said, “It was necessary for the word of God to be spoken to you first. But since you are rejecting it and do not consider yourselves worthy of eternal life, behold, we are turning to the Gentiles.”
About this coordinate
Acts 13:46:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of Acts 13:46, 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.13.46.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.13.46.W16.S1) and character.