Acts 2:6:3Acts.2.6.W3TAB
τῆς
tês
“of the”
- Transliteration
- tês
- Extended
- tês
- IPA
- /tɛːs/
Meaning by language
- English
- of 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
- word
tês
- sentence
ge-no-ME-nês de tês phō-NÊS TAU-tēs sy-NÊL-the to PLÊ-thos kai sy-ne-KHY-thê HO-ti Ê-kou-on heis HE-ka-stos tê i-DI-a di-a-LEK-tō la-LOUN-tōn au-TÔN
Exegesis
The verse opens with the genitive absolute construction genomenes de tes phones tautes {γενομένης δὲ τῆς φωνῆς ταύτης | geno-mé-nēs de tês phō-nês taú-tēs} “when this sound had occurred,” which sets a circumstantial temporal frame independent of the main clause.
Root and etymology
prophēmipi–rho–omicron–phi–eta–mu–iota
“to speak beforehand, to proclaim”
In context — Acts 2:6
When this sound had occurred, the multitude came together and was confounded, because each one was hearing them speak in his own dialect .
About this coordinate
Acts 2:6:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Acts 2:6, 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.2.6.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.2.6.W3.S1) and character.