Acts 16:35:11Acts.16.35.W11TAB
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
- word
tous
- sentence
hê-ME-ras de ge-no-ME-nês a-PE-stei-lan hoi stra-tê-GOI tous rhab-DOU-khous LE-gon-tes a-PO-ly-son tous an-THRÔ-pous e-KEI-nous
Exegesis
Its object is tous rhabdouchous {τοὺς ῥαβδούχους | toûs rhabdúchous} ‘the lictors,’ Roman officers of execution, underscoring the legal force behind the order.
Inside the quotation, the aorist imperative apolyson {Ἀπόλυσον | apólyson} ‘release’ addresses the lictors with the object tous anthropous ekeinous {τοὺς ἀνθρώπους ἐκείνους | toús anthrṓpous ekeínous} ‘those men,’ where ekeinous adds a deictic force. This progression from temporal setting to authoritative action to precise command informs both formal and dynamic renderings.
Root and etymology
katakrínōka-ta-krí-nō
“to condemn, judge”
In context — Acts 16:35
When day came, the magistrates sent the lictors, saying, “Release those men .”
About this coordinate
Acts 16:35:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Acts 16:35, 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.16.35.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.16.35.W11.S1) and character.