Acts 18:22:8Acts.18.22.W8TAB
τὴν
tên
“the”
- Transliteration
- tên
- Extended
- TAYN
- IPA
- /tɛːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- the
Alphabet Analysis
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
- word
tên
- sentence
KAI ka-tel-THÔN eis kai-SA-rei-an a-na-BAS KAI a-spa-SA-me-nos tên ek-klê-SI-an ka-TE-bê eis an-ti-O-khei-an
Exegesis
The participle aspasámenos attaches to tēn ekklēsían {τὴν ἐκκλησίαν | tēn ekklēsían} “the church”, underscoring the communal greeting between journeys. This stacking of participles before a single indicative compresses multiple travel stages, a characteristic narrative brevity in Acts. In English, participles are rendered as temporal clauses (“came down,” “went up,” “greeted” / “landed,” “went up,” “welcomed”) to reflect their backgrounding role while keeping the final move to Antioch as the focal point.
Root and etymology
katantaokappa–alpha–tau–alpha–nu–tau–alpha–omega
“to come down to, arrive at a place”
In context — Acts 18:22
After he came down to Caesarea , he went up, greeted the church , and then went down to Antioch.
About this coordinate
Acts 18:22:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Acts 18:22, so the Greek word τὴν (tên) 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.18.22.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.18.22.W8.S1) and character.