Acts 13:5:11Acts.13.5.W11TAB
ταῖς
tais
“the”
- Transliteration
- TAIS
- Extended
- tais
- IPA
- /tais/
Meaning by language
- English
- the
Alphabet Analysis
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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Word in context
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TAIS
- sentence
KAI ge-NO-me-noi en sa-la-MI-ni ka-TEEG-gel-lon ton LO-gon tou the-OU en TAIS sy-na-gô-GAIS tôn i-ou-dai-ON EI-khon de KAI i-ô-AN-nên hy-pê-RE-tên
Exegesis
A second prepositional phrase, en tais synagogais tōn Ioudaiōn {ἐν ταῖς συναγωγαῖς τῶν Ἰουδαίων | en taîs synagōgaîs tōn Ioudaíōn}, locates the proclamation within Jewish communal worship spaces and implicitly identifies the first audience as Jews.
Root and etymology
Rootpi–rho–omicron–phi–eta–mu–iota
“to speak forth, prophesy”
In context — Acts 13:5
And when they had arrived in Salamis, they were proclaiming the word of God in the synagogues of the Jews, and they also had John as an assistant.
About this coordinate
Acts 13:5:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Acts 13:5, so the Greek word ταῖς (tais) 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.13.5.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.13.5.W11.S1) and character.