Acts 19:13:15Acts.19.13.W15TAB

τὰ

ta

the

Transliteration
ta
Extended
tah
IPA
/ta/

Meaning by language

English
the

Alphabet Analysis

Taut — as in top
Alphaah — as in father

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Word in context

  1. word

    ta

  2. sentence

    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 contextActs 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.