Acts 19:13:15Acts.19.13.W15TAB
τὰ
ta
“the”
- Transliteration
- ta
- Extended
- tah
- IPA
- /ta/
Meaning by language
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Alphabet Analysis
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father |
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Word in context
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e-pe-KHEE-rê-san de TI-nes KAI tôn pe-ri-er-kho-ME-nôn i-ou-da-I-ôn ek-sor-ki-STÔN o-no-MA-dzein e-PI tous E-khon-tas ta PNEU-ma-ta ta po-nê-RA to O-no-ma tou KY-ree-ou ee-ay-SOO LE-gon-tes hor-KI-dzô hy-MAS ton ee-ay-SOON hon PAU-los kê-RYSS-sei
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase epi tous ekhontas ta pneumata ta ponēra {ἐπὶ τοὺς ἔχοντας τὰ πνεύματα τὰ πονηρὰ | epí toús é-khon-tas tà pnéu-ma-ta tà po-nē-rá} uses the present participle ekhontas {ἔχοντας | é-khon-tas} substantivally (“those who had”), with the repeated article–noun–article–adjective pattern giving emphasis to “the spirits, the evil ones.”
Root and etymology
metanoeōmu–epsilon–tau–alpha–nu–omicron–epsilon–omega
“to change one’s mind, repent”
In context — Acts 19:13
But some also of the itinerant Jewish exorcists attempted to invoke the name of the Lord Jesus over those who had evil spirits, saying, “I adjure you by the Jesus whom Paul proclaims.”
About this coordinate
Acts 19:13:15 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 15 of Acts 19:13, so the Greek word τὰ (ta) 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.19.13.W15, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.19.13.W15.S1) and character.