Acts 19:32:17Acts.19.32.W17TAB
τίνος
tinos
“of what {reason}”
- Transliteration
- TI-nos
- Extended
- TIH-nohs
- IPA
- /ˈti.nos/
Meaning by language
- English
- of what {reason}
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Alphabet Analysis
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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Word in context
- word
TI-nos
- sentence
AL-loi MEN OUN AL-lo ti E-kra-zon EEN gar hê ek-klê-SI-a syn-ge-khy-ME-nê kai hoi PLEI-ous ouk ÊI-dei-san TI-nos HE-ne-ka sy-ne-lê-LY-thei-san
Exegesis
The interrogative genitive tinos {τίνος | tí-nos} combined with heneka {ἕνεκα | hé-ne-ka} forms the idiom tinos heneka ‘for what reason’, which introduces the object of the ignorance.
In context — Acts 19:32
Therefore, some were crying out one thing and others another, for the assembly was confused , and the majority did not know for what reason they had come together.
About this coordinate
Acts 19:32:17 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 17 of Acts 19:32, so the Greek word τίνος (tinos) 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.19.32.W17, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.19.32.W17.S1) and character.