Acts 19:17:12Acts.19.17.W12TAB
τὴν
tēn
“the”
- Transliteration
- tēn
- Extended
- TAYN
- IPA
- /tɛːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- the
Alphabet Analysis
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
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tēn
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TOU-to de e-GHE-ne-to gnō-STON PA-sin iou-da-I-ois te kai HEL-lē-sin tois ka-toi-KOU-sin tēn E-phe-son kai e-PE-pe-sen PHO-bos e-PI PAN-tas au-TOUS kai e-me-ga-LY-ne-to to O-no-ma tou KY-ree-ou ee-ay-SOOS
Exegesis
The participial phrase tois katoikousin tēn Epheson {τοῖς κατοικοῦσιν τὴν Ἔφεσον | toîs katoi-koû-sin tḕn É-phe-son} functions adjectivally, specifying that these Jews and Greeks are those residing in Ephesus.
In context — Acts 19:17
And this became known to all the Jews and also the Greeks living in Ephesus, and fear fell upon all of them, and the name of the Lord Jesus was magnified .
About this coordinate
Acts 19:17:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Acts 19:17, so the Greek word τὴν (tēn) 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.19.17.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.19.17.W12.S1) and character.