Acts 2:40:12Acts.2.40.W12TAB
τῆς
tês
“the”
- Transliteration
- tês
- Extended
- têhs
- IPA
- /tɛːs/
Meaning by language
- English
- the
Alphabet Analysis
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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Word in context
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tês
- sentence
he-TE-rois te LO-gois PLEI-o-sin di-e-mar-TY-ra-to kai pa-re-KA-lei au-TOUS LE-gōn SŌ-thē-te a-PO tês ge-ne-AS tês sko-li-AS TAU-tēs
Exegesis
The preposition apo {ἀπὸ | apó} with the genitive phrase tēs geneas tēs skolias tautēs {ἀπὸ τῆς γενεᾶς τῆς σκολιᾶς ταύτης | apó tēs geneâs tēs skoliâs taútēs} specifies separation from a defined group, ‘this crooked generation,’ where the demonstrative tautēs ‘this’ localizes the warning to Peter’s contemporaries and skolias ‘crooked’ conveys moral deviation. The English renderings preserve the coordination of the two main verbs, the durative force of the imperfect by “was exhorting” and “kept saying,” and the passive imperative as an appeal to seek rescue from corrupt societal patterns.
Root and etymology
prophēmipi–rho–omicron–phi–eta–mu–iota
“to speak beforehand, to proclaim”
In context — Acts 2:40
And with many other words he testified and was exhorting them, saying, “Be saved from this crooked generation .”
About this coordinate
Acts 2:40:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Acts 2:40, so the Greek word τῆς (tês) 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.2.40.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.2.40.W12.S1) and character.