Acts 21:12:4Acts.21.12.W4TAB
ταῦτα
tauta
“these things”
- Transliteration
- TAU-ta
- Extended
- TAU-tah
- IPA
- /ˈtau.ta/
Meaning by language
- English
- these things
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Alphabet Analysis
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father |
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Word in context
- word
TAU-ta
- sentence
hōs de ê-KOU-sa-men TAU-ta pa-re-ka-LOU-men hê-MEIS te KAI hoi en-TO-pi-oi tou mê a-na-BAI-nein au-TON eis i-e-rou-sa-LÊM
Exegesis
The aorist verb ēkousamen {ἠκούσαμεν | ēkoúsamen} ‘we heard’ presents the reception of a prior warning as a completed event, while the demonstrative taûta {ταῦτα | taûta} ‘these things’ refers back to the prophetic message.
In context — Acts 21:12
When we heard these things, both we and the local people urged him not to go up to Jerusalem .
About this coordinate
Acts 21:12:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Acts 21:12, so the Greek word ταῦτα (tauta) 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.21.12.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.21.12.W4.S1) and character.