Acts 18:24:3Acts.18.24.W3TAB
τις
tis
“a certain”
- Transliteration
- tis
- Extended
- tihs
- IPA
- /tis/
Meaning by language
- English
- a certain
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
- sentence
i-ou-da-EE-os DE tis a-pol-LÔS o-NO-ma-ti a-lek-san-DRÉUS tôi GE-nei a-NÊR LO-gi-os ka-TÊN-tê-sen eis E-phe-son dy-na-TOS ÔN en tais gra-PHAIS
Exegesis
The verse begins with the topical subject Ioudaios {Ἰουδαῖος | Iou-daî-os} and the particle de {δέ | dé} joined to the indefinite pronoun tis {τις | tis}, yielding “a certain Jew” with Apollos {Ἀπολλῶς | A-pol-lôs} in apposition as his name.
In context — Acts 18:24
Now Apollos, a Jew from Alexandria, an eloquent man, arrived in Ephesus; he was powerful in the Scriptures .
About this coordinate
Acts 18:24:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Acts 18:24, so the Greek word τις (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.18.24.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.18.24.W3.S1) and character.