Acts 18:3:15Acts.18.3.W15TAB
τέχνῃ
tekhnêi
“trade”
- Transliteration
- TEKH-nêi
- Extended
- TEKH-nayi
- IPA
- /ˈtekʰ.nɛːi̯/
Meaning by language
- English
- trade
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Alphabet Analysis
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Chi | h/kh — like Bach | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Eta | i — as in machine |
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The word
Word in context
- word
TEKH-nêi
- sentence
KAI di-A to ho-MO-tekh-non EI-nai E-me-nen par au-TOIS KAI êr-GA-ze-to Ê-san gar skê-no-poi-OI têi TEKH-nêi
Exegesis
The explanatory conjunction gar {γὰρ | gàr} introduces ēsān gar skēnopoioi {ἦσαν γὰρ σκηνοποιοὶ | ē-san gàr skē-no-poi-oí} “for they were tentmakers,” with the instrumental dative tē technē {τῇ τέχνῃ | tê tékh-nē} “by trade” explaining their livelihood. Both translations preserve the causal-explanatory flow and render the imperfect aspect into English past forms for narrative coherence.
Root and etymology
tiktotau–iota–kappa–tau–omicron
“skill, craft”
In context — Acts 18:3
Because he shared the same craft, he lodged with them and labored among them, for their occupation was making tents .
About this coordinate
Acts 18:3:15 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 15 of Acts 18:3, so the Greek word τέχνῃ (tekhnêi) 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.18.3.W15, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.18.3.W15.S1) and character.