Acts 16:1:12Acts.16.1.W12TAB
τις
tis
“someone”
- Transliteration
- tis
- Extended
- tihs
- IPA
- /tis/
Meaning by language
- English
- someone
Alphabet Analysis
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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Word in context
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tis
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ka-TÊN-tê-sen de KAI eis DER-bên KAI eis LYS-tran KAI i-DOU ma-thê-TÊS tis ÊN e-KEI o-NO-ma-ti ti-MO-the-os hy-HOS gy-nai-KOS iou-dai-AS pis-TÊS pa-TROS de HEL-lê-nos
Exegesis
The nominative mathetes tis {μαθητής τις | mathētḗs tis} “a certain disciple” becomes the new subject, and the imperfect ēn with adverb ekei {ἦν ἐκεῖ | ēn ekeî} situates him “there.”
Root and etymology
Rootpi–epsilon–iota–theta–omega
“to persuade, to trust”
In context — Acts 16:1
He came also to Derbe and to Lystra, and look, a certain disciple was there named Timothy, the son of a Jewish woman who was a believer, but with a Greek father .
About this coordinate
Acts 16:1:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Acts 16:1, so the Greek word τις (tis) 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.16.1.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.16.1.W12.S1) and character.