Acts 15:32:2Acts.15.32.W2TAB

τε

te

and

Transliteration
te
Extended
teh
IPA
/te/

Meaning by language

English
and

Alphabet Analysis

Taut — as in top
Epsilone — as in met (short)

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Word in context

  1. word

    te

  2. sentence

    i-OU-das te KAI si-LAS KAI au-TOI pro-PHÊ-tai ON-tes di-A LO-gou pol-LOU pa-re-KA-le-san tous a-del-PHOUS KAI e-pe-STÊ-ri-san

Exegesis

The verse is a single clause with a compound subject Ioudas {Ἰούδας | Ioú-das} and Silas {Σιλᾶς | Si-lâs}, linked by the correlative particle te {τέ | té} and the conjunction kai {καί | kaí}, giving the sense of both persons together.

Root and etymology

peritemnōpi–epsilon–rho–iota–tau–epsilon–mu–nu–omega

to cut around, circumcise

In contextActs 15:32

And Judas and Silas, who themselves were prophets, encouraged the brothers with many words and strengthened them.

About this coordinate

Acts 15:32:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Acts 15:32, so the Greek word τε (te) 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.15.32.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.15.32.W2.S1) and character.