Acts 13:6:4Acts.13.6.W4TAB

τὴν

tên

the

Transliteration
tên
Extended
tên
IPA
/tɛːn/

Meaning by language

English
the

Alphabet Analysis

Taut — as in top
Etai — as in machine
Nun — as in new

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Word in context

  1. word

    tên

  2. sentence

    di-el-THON-tes de HO-lên tên NÊ-son A-khri PA-phou HEU-ron AN-dra ti-NA MA-gon pseu-do-pro-PHÊ-tên iou-da-I-on hôi O-no-ma ba-ri-ê-SOU

Exegesis

The object of the participle is expressed by the accusive phrase holen ten neson {ὅλην τὴν νῆσον | hó-lēn tēn nê-son} ‘the whole island’, emphasizing the completeness of their journey.

Root and etymology

pseudoprophētēs (compound)psi–epsilon–upsilon–delta–omicron–pi–rho–omicron–phi–eta–tau–eta–sigma

false prophet, counterfeit spokesman

In contextActs 13:6

But after passing through the whole island as far as Paphos, they found a certain man, a magician , a Jewish false prophet, to whom the name was Bar-Jesus .

About this coordinate

Acts 13:6:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Acts 13:6, 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.13.6.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.13.6.W4.S1) and character.