Acts 15:26:7Acts.15.26.W7TAB
τοῦ
tou
“the”
- Transliteration
- tou
- Extended
- too
- IPA
- /tuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- the
Alphabet Analysis
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
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tou
- sentence
AN-thrô-pois pa-ra-de-dô-KO-si tas psy-KHAS au-TÔN hy-PER tou o-NO-ma-tos tou KY-ri-ou hê-MON ee-ay-SOO khree-STOO
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase hyper tou onomatos {ὑπὲρ τοῦ ὀνόματος | hypér tou onó-matos} ‘for the name’ expresses action on behalf of or for the sake of someone, here indicating vicarious devotion.
This is further defined by the genitive chain tou kuriou hēmōn Iesou Christou {τοῦ κυρίου ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ | toû kurí-ou hē-môn Iē-soû Khris-toû}, in which successive genitives (“of the Lord,” “of us,” “of Jesus,” “of Christ”) identify whose name is in view: that of “our Lord Jesus Christ.” In English, the participial construction is naturally rendered as a relative clause (“men who have given over…”) and the hyper phrase is maintained as “for the name” to preserve the theological nuance of sacrificial allegiance to Christ’s person and reputation.
In context — Acts 15:26
Men who have given over their lives for the name of our Lord Jesus Christ .
About this coordinate
Acts 15:26:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Acts 15:26, so the Greek word τοῦ (tou) 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.15.26.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.15.26.W7.S1) and character.