Acts 14:8:7Acts.14.8.W7TAB

τοῖς

tois

the

Transliteration
tois
Extended
tois
IPA
/tois/

Meaning by language

English
the

Alphabet Analysis

Taut — as in top
Omicrono — as in omit (short)
Iotai — as in machine
Sigma (final)s — used only at end of words

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  1. word

    tois

  2. sentence

    KAI tis a-NÊR a-DY-na-tos en LYS-trois tois po-SIN e-KA-thê-to khō-LOS ek koi-LEE-as mê-TROS au-TOU hos ou-DE-po-te pe-ri-e-PA-tê-sen

Exegesis

The adjective adynatos {ἀδύνατος | adýnatos} ‘powerless’ is specified by the prepositional phrase en {ἐν | en} ‘in’ Lystrois {Λύστροις | Lýstrois} ‘Lystra’, with tois {τοῖς | toîs} ‘the’ and posin {ποσίν | posín} ‘feet’ marking the sphere of his inability.

In contextActs 14:8

And a certain man was sitting in Lystra, powerless in his feet, lame from the womb of his mother, who had never walked.

About this coordinate

Acts 14:8:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Acts 14:8, 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.14.8.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.14.8.W7.S1) and character.