Acts 14:6:12Acts.14.6.W12TAB

τὴν

tên

the

Transliteration
tên
Extended
têhn
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

    sy-ni-DON-tes ka-TE-phy-gon eis tas PO-leis tês ly-ka-o-NEE-as LYS-tran kai DER-bên kai tên pe-RI-khō-ron

Exegesis

The final coordinated phrase kai tēn perikhōron {καὶ τὴν περίχωρον | kaí tḕn períchōron} “and the surrounding region” broadens the scope to include the countryside around those cities, forming an additive expansion. In English, the temporal nuance of the participle is rendered with “when” / “realizing,” while the sequence of prepositional and appositional phrases is maintained to preserve the geographic specificity and progressive widening from cities to their environs.

In contextActs 14:6

When they realized this, they fled into the cities of Lycaonia, Lystra and Derbe, and the surrounding region .

About this coordinate

Acts 14:6:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Acts 14:6, 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.14.6.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.14.6.W12.S1) and character.