Acts 17:16:7Acts.17.16.W7TAB
τοῦ
tou
“of”
- Transliteration
- tou
- Extended
- too
- IPA
- /tuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- of
Alphabet Analysis
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
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tou
- 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
This is followed by a genitive absolute construction ekdechomenou autous tou Paulou {ἐκδεχομένου αὐτοὺς τοῦ Παύλου | ekdekhoménou autoús tou Paúlou}, a temporal circumstantial clause meaning ‘while Paul was waiting for them,’ syntactically independent yet contextually linked to the main clause.
In context — Acts 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 17:16:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Acts 17:16, so the Greek word τοῦ (tou) 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.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.17.16.W7.S1) and character.