Acts 16:27:21Acts.16.27.W21TAB
τοὺς
tous
“the”
- Transliteration
- tous
- Extended
- toos
- IPA
- /tuːs/
Meaning by language
- English
- the
Alphabet Analysis
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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Word in context
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tous
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EK-sy-pnos DE ge-NO-me-nos ho des-mo-PHY-laks KAI i-DON a-ne-oiɣ-ME-nas tas THY-ras tês phy-la-KÊS spa-SA-me-nos tên MA-khai-ran Ê-mel-len he-au-TON a-nai-REIN no-MI-dzōn ek-pe-pheu-GE-nai tous des-MI-ous
Exegesis
The present participle nomizōn {νομίζων | nomízōn} ‘supposing’ introduces a causal clause with the perfect infinitive ekpepheugénai {ἐκπεφευγέναι | ekpepheugénai} ‘to have escaped,’ the object of which is tous desmious {τοὺς δεσμίους | toùs desmíos} ‘the prisoners.’ This string of participles accelerates the narrative: awakening, perceiving, reacting, intending, and reasoning. English renders most participles as finite verbs or subordinate clauses for clarity, while preserving the immediacy of ḗmellen anairein. The bracketed glosses highlight the jailer’s custodial role, the prisoners’ bound status, the sudden alertness of the awakening, and the nature of the weapon he draws.
Root and etymology
katakrínōka-ta-krí-nō
“to condemn, judge”
In context — Acts 16:27
When the jailer woke to find the prison doors open, he drew his sword and was about to kill himself, assuming the prisoners had escaped.
About this coordinate
Acts 16:27:21 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 21 of Acts 16:27, so the Greek word τοὺς (tous) 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.16.27.W21, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.16.27.W21.S1) and character.