Acts 2:16:7Acts.2.16.W7TAB
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
- sentence
al-LA tou-TO E-stin to ei-rê-ME-non di-A tou pro-PHÊ-tou i-ô-ÊL
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase dia tou prophētou Iōēl {διὰ τοῦ προφήτου Ἰωήλ | dià tou prophḗtou Iōḗl} expresses agency or mediation, indicating that the prophecy came “through” Joel as God’s human instrument. Greek word order places the participial predicate immediately before the prepositional phrase, keeping focus on the prophetic utterance itself, whereas English requires restructuring as “what was spoken through the prophet Joel” to make the substantival participle explicit and maintain a natural flow while preserving the contrastive force of alla and the mediating role marked by dia.
In context — Acts 2:16
But this is what was spoken through the prophet Joel .
About this coordinate
Acts 2:16:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Acts 2:16, 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.2.16.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.2.16.W7.S1) and character.