Acts 15:23:13Acts.15.23.W13TAB

τὴν

tên

the

Transliteration
tên
Extended
TAYN
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

    GRA-psan-tes di-A khei-ROS au-TON hoi a-PO-sto-loi KAI hoi pres-BY-te-roi a-del-PHOI tois ka-TA tên an-ti-O-khei-an KAI SY-ri-an KAI ki-li-KI-an a-del-PHOIS tois eks eth-NÔN KHAI-rein

Exegesis

The dative spatial designation tois kata tēn Antiochiean kai Syrian kai Kilikian adelphois tois ex ethnōn {τοῖς κατὰ τὴν Ἀντιόχειαν καὶ Συρίαν καὶ Κιλικίαν ἀδελφοῖς τοῖς ἐξ ἐθνῶν | toîs katá tēn An-ti-ó-khei-an kaí Sy-rí-an kaí Ki-li-kí-an a-del-phoîs toîs éx eth-nôn} situates the recipients geographically and ethnically, with kata plus accusatives marking location and ex plus genitive denoting origin from the nations.

In contextActs 15:23

Having written by their own hand, the apostles and the elders, brothers , to the brothers from among the Gentiles in Antioch and Syria and Cilicia: greetings .

About this coordinate

Acts 15:23:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of Acts 15:23, 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.15.23.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.15.23.W13.S1) and character.