Acts 20:2:13Acts.20.2.W13TAB
τὴν
tên
“the”
- Transliteration
- tên
- Extended
- TAYN
- IPA
- /tɛːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- the
Alphabet Analysis
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
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tên
- sentence
di-el-THON de ta ME-rê e-KEI-na KAI pa-ra-ka-LE-sas au-TOUS LO-gō pol-LOI ÊL-then eis tên hel-LA-da
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase eis tēn Hellada {εἰς τὴν Ἑλλάδα | eis tēn Hel-lá-da} ‘into Greece’ marks the destination and closes the travel unit. In translation, the two participles are rendered as temporal clauses (“after he had gone through… and had encouraged…”) preceding a simple past main clause (“he came/arrived”) to preserve both the sequential order and the subordinate relationship of the participles to the main verb.
Root and etymology
katanteokappa–alpha–tau–alpha–nu–tau–alpha–omega
“to come down to, arrive at”
In context — Acts 20:2
And after he had gone through those regions and had encouraged them with many words , he came into Greece.
About this coordinate
Acts 20:2:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of Acts 20:2, so the Greek word τὴν (tên) 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.20.2.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.20.2.W13.S1) and character.