Acts 20:38:19Acts.20.38.W19TAB
τὸ
to
“the”
- Transliteration
- to
- Extended
- toh
- IPA
- /to/
Meaning by language
- English
- the
Alphabet Analysis
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) |
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o-dy-NO-me-noi MA-lis-ta e-PEE tôi LO-gôi hôi ei-REE-kei HO-ti ou-KE-ti MEL-lou-sin to PRO-sô-pon au-TOU the-ô-REIN pro-E-pem-pon de au-TON eis to PLOI-on
Exegesis
The content of that word is introduced by hoti {ὅτι | hóti} as indirect discourse: ouketi mellousin to prosōpon autou theōrein {οὐκέτι μέλλουσιν τὸ πρόσωπον αὐτοῦ θεωρεῖν | oukéti mél-lousin tó prósōpon autoû theōreîn}, literally “they are no longer about to see His face,” where mellousin plus infinitive theōrein expresses a future expectation, and ouketi negates it as a permanent loss. The object to prosōpon autou places emphasis on the personal, relational aspect of parting.
The main narrative verb proepempon {προέπεμπον | proépempon} with de {δὲ | de} resumes the storyline, describing their ongoing action of accompanying him, while the prepositional phrase eis to ploion {εἰς τὸ πλοῖον | eis tó ploîon} marks the spatial goal. English formal rendering preserves the Greek sequence by foregrounding the cause of grief before the action of escorting, whereas the dynamic translation smooths the flow with explicit temporal progression (“Then they went with him”) while retaining the same causal and result relationships.
Root and etymology
sabbatonsigma–alpha–beta–beta–alpha–tau–omicron–nu
“Sabbath, by extension week”
In context — Acts 20:38
Grieving most of all because of the word which he had spoken, that they would no longer see his face. And they accompanied him to the ship.
About this coordinate
Acts 20:38:19 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 19 of Acts 20:38, so the Greek word τὸ (to) 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.20.38.W19, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.20.38.W19.S1) and character.