Acts 16:24:8Acts.16.24.W8TAB

τὴν

tên

the

Transliteration
tên
Extended
tehn
IPA
/tɛːn/

Meaning by language

English
the

Alphabet Analysis

Taut — as in top
Etai — as in machine
Nun — as in new

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Word in context

  1. word

    tên

  2. sentence

    hos pa-rang-ge-LEE-an toi-AU-tên la-BON E-ba-len au-TOUS eis tên e-sô-TE-ran phy-la-KÊN KAI tous PO-das ê-spha-LEE-sa-to au-TÔN eis to KSY-lon

Exegesis

The verb ebalen {ἔβαλεν | é-ba-len} ‘he put, he threw’ governs autous {αὐτούς | au-toús} ‘them’ and the prepositional phrase eis ten esoteran phylaken {εἰς τὴν ἐσωτέραν φυλακήν | eis tḗn e-sō-té-ran phy-la-kḗn} ‘into the inner prison’, indicating placement in the most secure cell.

In contextActs 16:24

Having received such an order , he confined them to the inner prison and secured their feet to the stocks .

About this coordinate

Acts 16:24:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Acts 16:24, so the Greek word τὴν (tên) 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.16.24.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.16.24.W8.S1) and character.