Acts 17:14:12Acts.17.14.W12TAB

τὴν

tên

the

Transliteration
tên
Extended
TAYN
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

    eu-THE-ôs de TO-te ton PAU-lon ek-sa-PE-stei-lan hoi a-del-PHOI po-REU-es-thai HE-ôs e-PI tên THA-la-ssan hy-PE-mei-NAN te HO te si-LAS kai ho ti-MO-the-os e-KEI

Exegesis

The prepositional sequence heos epi ten thalassan {ἕως ἐπὶ τὴν θάλασσαν | héōs epì tḕn thálassan} specifies the extent of the journey, with heos giving a limit (“as far as”) and epi marking the goal (“to/upon the sea”), naturally rendered in English as “as far as the sea” or “toward the sea.”

Root and etymology

anistēmialpha–nu–iota–sigma–tau–eta–mu–iota

to raise, make stand up

In contextActs 17:14

Then immediately the brothers sent Paul to go as far as the sea , but Silas and Timothy remained there.

About this coordinate

Acts 17:14:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Acts 17:14, 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.17.14.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.17.14.W12.S1) and character.