Acts 19:33:3Acts.19.33.W3TAB
τοῦ
tou
“the”
- Transliteration
- tou
- Extended
- too
- IPA
- /tuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- the
Alphabet Analysis
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
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tou
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ek de tou O-khlou sy-ne-BI-ba-san a-LEK-san-dron pro-ba-LON-tōn au-TON tōn i-ou-da-Iōn ho de a-LEK-san-dros ka-ta-SEI-sas tēn KHEI-ra Ê-the-len a-po-lo-GEIS-thai tō DÊ-mō
Exegesis
The verse opens with the prepositional phrase ek de tou ochlou {ἐκ δὲ τοῦ ὄχλου | ek de tou ó-chlos} ‘but from the crowd,’ foregrounding the crowd as the source of the action even as the subject of synebibasan {συνεβίβασαν | sy-ne-bí-basán} ‘they brought forward’ remains implicit.
Root and etymology
petomaipi–epsilon–tau–omicron–mu–alpha–iota
“to fly, to fall from above”
In context — Acts 19:33
But from the crowd they brought forward Alexander, the Jews having put him forward; and Alexander, having motioned with his hand, wanted to make a defense to the crowd .
About this coordinate
Acts 19:33:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Acts 19:33, so the Greek word τοῦ (tou) 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.19.33.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.19.33.W3.S1) and character.