Acts 17:19:12Acts.17.19.W12TAB
τίς
tis
“what”
- Transliteration
- TIS
- Extended
- TIS
- IPA
- /ˈtis/
Meaning by language
- English
- what
Alphabet Analysis
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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Word in context
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TIS
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e-pi-la-BO-me-noi te au-TOU e-PI ton A-rei-on PA-gon Ê-ga-gon LE-gon-tes dy-NA-me-tha GNÔ-nai TIS hê kai-NÊ HAU-tê hê hy-PO sou la-lou-ME-nê di-da-KHÊ
Exegesis
The nominal clause tis hē kaine haute hē hypo soû lalouménē didakhḗ {τίς ἡ καινὴ αὕτη ἡ ὑπὸ σοῦ λαλουμένη διδάχή | tís hē kainḗ haútē hē hupó soû lalouménē didakhḗ} places the interrogative pronoun tis ‘what’ before its article–noun unit, highlighting the content sought. Modifiers around didakhḗ ‘teaching’—kaine ‘new’, haute ‘this’, and the participial phrase hupó soû lalouménē ‘being spoken by you’—emphasize its novelty and origin. The English arrangement “what this new teaching is that is being spoken by you” preserves Greek emphasis on both novelty and source.
Root and etymology
peithōpi–epsilon–iota–theta–omega
“to persuade, trust”
In context — Acts 17:19
And having taken hold of him, they brought him to the Areopagus , saying, “Are we able to know what this new teaching is that is being spoken by you?”
About this coordinate
Acts 17:19:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Acts 17:19, so the Greek word τίς (tis) 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.17.19.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.17.19.W12.S1) and character.