Acts 17:18:12Acts.17.18.W12TAB
τινες
tines
“some”
- Transliteration
- TI-nes
- Extended
- TIH-nehss
- IPA
- /ˈti.nes/
Meaning by language
- English
- some
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Alphabet Analysis
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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Word in context
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TI-nes
- sentence
ti-NES de kai tôn e-pi-kou-REI-ōn kai sto-i-KÔN phi-lo-SO-phōn sy-NE-ba-llon au-TÔI KAI TI-nes E-le-gon TI AN THE-loi ho sper-mo-LO-gos HOU-tos LE-gein hoi DE KSE-nōn dai-mo-NI-ōn do-KEI ka-taŋ-ge-LEUS EI-nai HO-ti ton ee-ay-SOON kai tên a-NA-sta-sin eu-êŋ-ge-LI-ze-to
Exegesis
The verse opens with a subject-plus-partitive-genitive construction: tines de kai tōn Epikoureion kai Stoikōn philosophōn syneballon autō {τινὲς δὲ καὶ τῶν Ἐπικουρείων καὶ Στοϊκῶν φιλοσόφων συνέβαλλον αὐτῷ | tinès dè kai tōn Epikoureíōn kai Stoïkôn philosophōn sunéballon autô}. The indefinites tines “some” frame a subset drawn “from among” the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers, with the genitives indicating the philosophical schools as larger groups. The imperfect syneballon portrays ongoing or repeated engagement, best understood here as sustained discussion or debate, with autō in the dative marking Paul as the interlocutor.
A second group is introduced with another tines clause: kai tines elegon {καί τινες ἔλεγον | kaí tines élegon} “and some were saying,” which sets up the first direct quotation.
In context — Acts 17:18
But some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers were conversing with him, and some were saying, “What might this babbler wish to say?” but others said, “He seems to be a proclaimer of foreign divinities ,” because he was proclaiming Jesus and the resurrection.
About this coordinate
Acts 17:18:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Acts 17:18, so the Greek word τινες (tines) 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.17.18.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.17.18.W12.S1) and character.