Acts 15:36:12Acts.15.36.W12TAB
τοὺς
tous
“the”
- Transliteration
- tous
- Extended
- toos
- IPA
- /tuːs/
Meaning by language
- English
- the
Alphabet Analysis
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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Word in context
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tous
- sentence
me-TA de ti-NAS hê-ME-ras EI-pen pros bar-na-BAN PAU-los e-pi-STRE-psan-tes de e-pi-ske-PSŌ-me-tha tous a-del-PHOUS ka-TA PO-lin PA-san en hais ka-têŋ-GEI-la-men ton LO-gon tou ky-REE-ou pôs E-khou-sin
Exegesis
The direct object tous adelphous {τοὺς ἀδελφοὺς | toùs adelphoùs} “the brothers” is specified by the distributive phrase kata polin pasan {κατὰ πόλιν πᾶσαν | katà pólin pâsan} “in every city.”
In context — Acts 15:36
After some days, Paul said to Barnabas, “Let us return and visit the brothers in every city where we proclaimed the word of the Lord , and see how they are doing .”
About this coordinate
Acts 15:36:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Acts 15:36, so the Greek word τοὺς (tous) 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.15.36.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.15.36.W12.S1) and character.