Acts 19:24:3Acts.19.24.W3TAB
τις
tis
“a certain”
- Transliteration
- tis
- Extended
- tihs
- IPA
- /tis/
Meaning by language
- English
- a certain
Alphabet Analysis
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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Word in context
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tis
- sentence
dê-MÊE-tri-os gar tis o-NO-ma-ti ar-gy-ro-KO-pos poi-ÔN na-OUS ar-gy-ROUS ar-TE-mi-dos pa-REI-khe-to tois te-khni-TAIS ouk o-LI-gên er-ga-SI-an
Exegesis
The indefinite pronoun tis {τις | tis} and the dative onomati {ὀνόματι | onómati} form the idiom “a certain man by name,” giving a somewhat formal introduction.
In context — Acts 19:24
For a certain man named Demetrius, a silversmith , who made silver shrines of Artemis, was providing not a little profit to the craftsmen.
About this coordinate
Acts 19:24:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Acts 19:24, so the Greek word τις (tis) 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.19.24.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.19.24.W3.S1) and character.