Acts 20:7:17Acts.20.7.W17TAB
τῇ
tê
“the”
- Transliteration
- tê
- Extended
- tê
- IPA
- /tɛː/
Meaning by language
- English
- the
Alphabet Analysis
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Eta | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
- word
tê
- sentence
en de tê mi-AI tôn sab-BA-tōn sy-nêg-ME-nōn hê-MON KLA-sai AR-ton ho PAU-los di-e-LE-ge-to au-TOIS MEL-lōn ek-si-E-nai tê e-PAU-ri-on pa-RE-tei-nen te ton LO-gon ME-khri me-so-nyk-TI-ou
Exegesis
The verse opens with the prepositional phrase en de tē mia tōn sabbatōn {Ἐν δὲ τῇ μιᾷ τῶν σαββάτων | En dè tē miā́ tōn sabbátōn} “on the first day of the week,” where the dative phrase with en functions temporally and the Semitic plural sabbatōn “Sabbaths” idiomatically denotes a week.
The participial clause mellōn exienai tē epaurion {μέλλων ἐξιέναι τῇ ἐπαύριον | méllōn exiénai tē epaúrion} is circumstantial, giving the reason or occasion for the prolonged discourse: Paul was intending to depart on the following day.
Root and etymology
katanteokappa–alpha–tau–alpha–nu–tau–alpha–omega
“to come down to, arrive at”
In context — Acts 20:7
And on the first day of the week, when we had gathered together to break bread , Paul was conversing with them, since he was about to depart on the next day, and he extended the message until midnight.
About this coordinate
Acts 20:7:17 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 17 of Acts 20:7, so the Greek word τῇ (tê) 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.20.7.W17, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.20.7.W17.S1) and character.