Acts 19:14:9Acts.19.14.W9TAB
τοῦτο
touto
“this”
- Transliteration
- TOU-to
- Extended
- TOO-toh
- IPA
- /ˈtuː.to/
Meaning by language
- English
- this
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Alphabet Analysis
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) |
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Word in context
- word
TOU-to
- sentence
Ê-san de ti-NOS skeu-VA i-ou-dai-OU ar-khi-e-RE-ôs hep-TA hy-oi-OI TOU-to poi-OUN-tes
Exegesis
The participial clause touto poiountes {τοῦτο ποιοῦντες | toû-to poi-ún-tes} is circumstantial, agreeing in case and number with huioi and describing what these sons were characteristically engaged in, “doing this,” with touto referring anaphorically to the attempted exorcism practice just described. In translation, the genitive string is rendered as “of a certain Sceva, a Jewish high priest” to make the appositional relationships clear, and the participle is expressed with an English finite relative or descriptive construction (“doing this,” “who kept trying to do this”) to convey its ongoing aspect while maintaining the narrative flow.
In context — Acts 19:14
Now there were seven sons of a certain Sceva, a Jewish high priest, doing this .
About this coordinate
Acts 19:14:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Acts 19:14, so the Greek word τοῦτο (touto) 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.19.14.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.19.14.W9.S1) and character.