Acts 17:23:5Acts.17.23.W5TAB
τὰ
ta
“the”
- Transliteration
- ta
- Extended
- tah
- IPA
- /ta/
Meaning by language
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Alphabet Analysis
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father |
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Word in context
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- sentence
di-er-KHO-me-nos gar KAI a-na-the-o-RON ta se-BAS-ma-ta hy-MON HEU-ron KAI bô-MON en hôi e-pe-GE-grap-to a-GNÔ-stôi the-ÔI ho OUN a-gno-OUN-tes eu-se-be-EI-te TOU-to e-GÔ ka-taŋ-GE-lô hy-MEEN
Exegesis
These participles frame Paul’s movement and methodical examination of the audience’s cultic artifacts, articulated by the accusative phrase ta sebasmata hymon {τὰ σεβάσματα ὑμῶν | tá se-bás-ma-ta hy-môn} ‘the objects of your worship’.
Root and etymology
sebosigma–epsilon–beta–omicron–mu–alpha–iota
“to revere, worship”
In context — Acts 17:23
For as I was passing through and carefully observing the objects of your worship, I also found an altar on which had been inscribed: “To an Unknown God .” Therefore, what you worship without knowing , this I proclaim to you.
About this coordinate
Acts 17:23:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Acts 17:23, so the Greek word τὰ (ta) 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.17.23.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.17.23.W5.S1) and character.