τῆς

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 τῆς

   TÊS

   of the
2. sentence🔊 ἐποίησέν τε ἐξ ἑνὸς πᾶν ἔθνος ἀνθρώπων κατοικεῖν ἐπὶ παντὸς προσώπου τῆς γῆς ὁρίσας προστεταγμένους καιροὺς καὶ τὰς ὁροθεσίας τῆς κατοικίας αὐτῶν

   e-POI-ee-sen te eks he-NOS PAN E-thnos an-THRÔ-pōn ka-toi-KEIN e-PI pan-TOS pro-SÔ-pou TÊS GÊS ho-RI-sas pros-te-tag-ME-nous kai-ROUS kai tas ho-ro-the-SI-as TÊS ka-toi-KI-as au-TÔN

   he made and from one every nation of humans to dwell upon of all face of the earth having determined appointed times and the boundaries of the dwelling of them

Exegesis

This infinitive is further specified by the prepositional phrase epi pantos prosōpou tēs gēs {ἐπὶ παντὸς προσώπου τῆς γῆς | e-PI pan-TÓS pro-SŌ-pou tēs gēs}, literally “on all the face of the earth,” an idiom underscoring the global spread of humanity.

It governs two coordinated accusative objects: prostetagmenous kairous {προστεταγμένους καιροὺς | pros-te-tag-MÉ-nous kai-ROUS}, where the perfect participle prostetagmenous functions adjectivally with kairous to denote “times already appointed,” and tas horothesias tēs katoikias autōn {τὰς ὁροθεσίας τῆς κατοικίας αὐτῶν | tas ho-ro-the-SÍ-as tēs ka-toi-KÍ-as au-Tṓn}, “the boundaries of their dwelling.” The genitive tēs katoikias autōn is possessive, indicating that these boundaries concern the sphere of human habitation. In translation, the participial construction is rendered with an English participial clause (“having determined / having established”) to preserve the close dependency on the main verb, while the infinitive katoikein becomes an explicit purpose clause (“so that they would live”) in the dynamic rendering to clarify the teleology of God’s ordering of nations, times, and places.

Root and etymology

poiéō🔊 ποιέωpi–omicron–iota–epsilon–omega

“maker, poet”

• 🔊 ποίησιςpoiēsispoetryActs 17:28