Acts 15:38:4Acts.15.38.W4TAB
τὸν
ton
“the”
- Transliteration
- ton
- Extended
- TOHN
- IPA
- /ton/
Meaning by language
- English
- the
Alphabet Analysis
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
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ton
- sentence
PAU-los de êk-KSII-ou ton a-po-STAN-ta ap au-TÔN a-PO pam-phy-LEE-as kai mê sy-nel-THON-ta au-TOIS eis to ER-gon mê sym-pa-ra-la-BEIN TOU-ton
Exegesis
Its object touton {τοῦτον | toû-ton} ‘this one’ is described by two aorist active participles—apostanta {ἀποστάντα | a-po-stánt-a} ‘having departed’ and sunelthonta {συνελθόντα | su-nel-thón-ta} ‘having gone together’—joined by kai {καὶ | kaì} and marked with me {μὴ | mḕ} to indicate the grounds for exclusion.
The phrase eis tò ergon {εἰς τὸ ἔργον | eis tò ér-gon} ‘into the work’ frames the intended sphere of ministry. The double negation underscores Paul’s conviction that the deserter should not accompany them. For clarity, the participles are rendered as relative clauses, and the infinitive with me as a subordinate clause conveying evaluative nuance.
Root and etymology
eidōlonei'-dō-lon
“idol, image”
In context — Acts 15:38
But Paul considered it not right to take along the one who had departed from them in Pamphylia and had not gone with them to the work.
About this coordinate
Acts 15:38:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Acts 15:38, so the Greek word τὸν (ton) 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.15.38.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.15.38.W4.S1) and character.