Acts 16:13:8Acts.16.13.W8TAB
τῆς
tês
“of the”
- Transliteration
- tês
- Extended
- tês
- IPA
- /tɛːs/
Meaning by language
- English
- of 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
- word
tês
- sentence
tê te hê-ME-rai tôn sab-BA-tōn ek-SÊL-tho-men EK-sō tês PY-lēs pa-RA po-ta-MON hou e-no-MI-zo-men pro-seu-KHÊN EI-nai kai ka-THI-san-tes e-la-LOU-men tais sy-nel-THOU-sais gy-nai-KSIN
Exegesis
The narrative then employs the aorist verb exēlthomen {ἐξήλθομεν | ex-ḗl-tho-men} with the adverb exō {ἔξω | éx-ō} and the genitive tēs pylēs {τῆς πύλης | tēs pú-lēs} to describe a completed movement “out beyond the gate.”
Root and etymology
manthánōmu–alpha–nu–theta–alpha–nu–omega
“to learn, to be instructed”
In context — Acts 16:13
And on the Sabbath day we went outside the gate to a riverside, where we assumed there was a place of prayer ; we sat down and spoke with the women who had gathered there.
About this coordinate
Acts 16:13:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Acts 16:13, 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.16.13.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.16.13.W8.S1) and character.