Acts 17:16:10Acts.17.16.W10TAB

τὸ

to

the

Transliteration
to
Extended
toh
IPA
/to/

Meaning by language

English
the

Alphabet Analysis

Taut — as in top
Omicrono — as in omit (short)

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Word in context

  1. word

    to

  2. sentence

    en de tais a-THÊ-nai̯s ek-de-kho-ME-nou au-TUS tou PAU-lou pa-rō-KSY-ne-to to PNEU-ma au-TOU en au-TÔ the-ō-ROUN-tos ka-TEI-dō-lon OU-san tên PO-lin

Exegesis

Its subject is the articular noun phrase to pneuma autou {τὸ πνεῦμα αὐτοῦ | tó pneûma autoû} ‘his spirit,’ with the additional prepositional phrase en autō {ἐν αὐτῷ | en autô} ‘within him’ intensifying the internal locus of this reaction.

Root and etymology

dialegomaidelta–iota–alpha–lambda–epsilon–gamma–omicron–mu–alpha–iota

to converse, discuss, reason

In contextActs 17:16

But while Paul was waiting for them in Athens, his spirit was provoked within him as he observed that the city was full of idols.

About this coordinate

Acts 17:16:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Acts 17:16, so the Greek word τὸ (to) 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.17.16.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.17.16.W10.S1) and character.