Acts 15:14:12Acts.15.14.W12TAB

τῷ

tôi

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Transliteration
tôi
Extended
tôy
IPA
/tɔːi/

Meaning by language

English
for

Alphabet Analysis

Taut — as in top
Omegao — same as omicron

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Word in context

  1. word

    tôi

  2. sentence

    sy-me-ON ek-sê-GAY-sa-to ka-THÔS PRÔ-ton ho the-OS e-pe-SKEP-sa-to la-BEEN eks e-THNÔN la-ON tôi o-NO-ma-ti au-TOU

Exegesis

The prepositional phrase ex ethnōn {ἐξ ἐθνῶν | ex ethnōn} ‘from the nations’ marks the source, while the dative tôi onómati autoû {τῷ ὀνόματι αὐτοῦ | tôi onómati autoû} ‘for His name’ indicates purpose or possession, emphasizing God’s initiative in forming a people for His honor.

Root and etymology

prophētēspi–rho–omicron–phi–eta–tau–eta–sigma

one who speaks forth, prophet

In contextActs 15:14

Simeon has related how God first visited the Gentiles to take from them a people for His name.

About this coordinate

Acts 15:14:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Acts 15:14, so the Greek word τῷ (tôi) 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.15.14.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.15.14.W12.S1) and character.