Acts 15:5:6Acts.15.5.W6TAB
τῆς
tês
“the”
- Transliteration
- tês
- Extended
- TÊS
- IPA
- /tɛːs/
Meaning by language
- English
- the
Alphabet Analysis
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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Word in context
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tês
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ek-sa-NE-stê-san de TI-nes tôn a-PO tês hai-RE-se-ôs tôn pha-ri-sa-I-ôn pe-pi-steu-KO-tes LE-gon-tes HO-ti DEI pe-ri-TEM-nein au-TOUS pa-rang-GEL-lein te tê-REIN ton NO-mon mô-y-sE-ôs
Exegesis
The indefinite pronoun tines {τινες | tínes} ‘some’ is defined by the genitive phrase tōn apo tēs aireseos tōn pharisaion {τῶν ἀπὸ τῆς αἱρέσεως τῶν Φαρισαίων | tôn apó tēs hairéseōs tôn Pharisaíōn} ‘of those from the sect of the Pharisees’, where apo with the genitive indicates origin and aireseos denotes a distinct party.
Root and etymology
kardiakappa, alpha, rho, delta, iota, alpha
“heart-knower”
In context — Acts 15:5
But some who had believed, from the sect of the Pharisees, stood up and said, “It is necessary to circumcise them and to command them to keep the law of Moses.”
About this coordinate
Acts 15:5:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Acts 15:5, so the Greek word τῆς (tês) 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.15.5.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.15.5.W6.S1) and character.