Acts 17:1:3Acts.17.1.W3TAB
τὴν
tên
“the”
- Transliteration
- tên
- Extended
- TEHN
- IPA
- /tɛːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- the
Alphabet Analysis
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
- word
tên
- sentence
di-o-deu-SAN-tes DE tên am-PHI-po-lin KAI tên a-pol-lô-NI-an ÊL-thon eis the-s(sa)-lo-NI-kên HO-pou ÊN sy-na-gô-GÊ tôn i-ou-dai-ÔN
Exegesis
The repeated article–noun constructions ten Amphipolin {τὴν Ἀμφίπολιν | tḕn Amphípolin} and ten Apollonian {τὴν Ἀπολλωνίαν | tḕn Apollōnían} mark the intermediate cities as direct objects of the participle, indicating that these locations were passed through rather than the final destination.
Root and etymology
anistēmialpha–nu–iota–sigma–tau–eta–mu–iota
“to raise, make stand up”
In context — Acts 17:1
After having passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came into Thessalonica, where there was a synagogue of the Jews .
About this coordinate
Acts 17:1:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Acts 17:1, 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.17.1.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.17.1.W3.S1) and character.