Acts 17:8:9Acts.17.8.W9TAB
ταῦτα
tauta
“these things”
- Transliteration
- TAU-ta
- Extended
- TAU-tah
- IPA
- /ˈtau.ta/
Meaning by language
- English
- these things
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Alphabet Analysis
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father |
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Word in context
- word
TAU-ta
- sentence
e-TA-ra-ksan de ton O-khlon kai tous po-li-TA-rkhas a-KOU-on-tas TAU-ta
Exegesis
This participial phrase, followed by its object tauta {ταῦτα | taûta} ‘these things,’ forms a temporal-causal construction indicating that the disturbance is triggered by their act of hearing the reported message. In translation, this participial nuance is rendered as a temporal clause to clarify that the hearing of these things occasioned the agitation.
In context — Acts 17:8
But they disturbed the crowd and the city officials when they heard these things.
About this coordinate
Acts 17:8:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Acts 17:8, so the Greek word ταῦτα (tauta) 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.17.8.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.17.8.W9.S1) and character.