Acts 14:28:7Acts.14.28.W7TAB
τοῖς
tois
“the”
- Transliteration
- tois
- Extended
- tois
- IPA
- /tois/
Meaning by language
- English
- the
Alphabet Analysis
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| 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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tois
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di-E-tri-bon de KHRO-non ouk o-LI-gon syn tois ma-thê-TAIS
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase syn tois mathetais {σὺν τοῖς μαθηταῖς | syn toîs ma-thē-taîs} indicates close association and companionship with the disciples, the dative case marking the group in whose company the time was spent. Word order places the verb first, followed by the temporal extent phrase and ending with the prepositional phrase, allowing the verse to move from the action, to its duration, to its relational context. In English, the imperfect is represented with simple past verbs “spent” and “stayed,” while the idiom ouk oligon is rendered formally as “no little time” and dynamically as “a long time,” both preserving the emphasis on an extended period of fellowship.
In context — Acts 14:28
And they spent no little time with the disciples .
About this coordinate
Acts 14:28:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Acts 14:28, so the Greek word τοῖς (tois) 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.14.28.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.14.28.W7.S1) and character.