Acts 21:28:29Acts.21.28.W29TAB
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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KRA-zon-tes AN-dres is-ra-e-LEE-tai bo-ê-thei-TE hou-TOS ES-tin ho AN-thrô-pos ho ka-TA tou la-OU kai tou NO-mou kai tou TO-pou TOU-tou PAN-tas pan-ta-KHÊ di-DAS-kôn E-ti te kai HEL-lê-nas ei-SÊ-ga-gen eis to hi-e-RON kai ke-KOI-nô-ken ton HA-gi-on TO-pon TOU-ton
Exegesis
The demonstrative houtos {οὗτός | hoútos} ‘this’ plus the noun anthrōpos {ἄνθρωπος | ánthrōpos} ‘man’ is deictic and accusatory, identifying Paul as the offender.
The genitive prepositional phrase kata tou laou kai tou nomou kai tou topou toutou {κατὰ τοῦ λαοῦ καὶ τοῦ νόμου καὶ τοῦ τόπου τούτου | katá tou laoû kaí tou nómou kaí tou tópou toútou} uses kata with three genitives in a climactic triad denoting hostility toward the people, the Torah, and the temple precinct.
The perfect verb kekoinōken {κεκοίνωκεν | kekóinōken} ‘has defiled’ conveys a present state of profanation, with ton hagion topon touton {τὸν ἅγιον τόπον τοῦτον | tón hágion tópon toúton} ‘this holy place’ as the rhetorical climax. English rendering preserves the triadic structure, the cumulative ordering, and the escalation from teaching to tangible defilement.
Root and etymology
hetoimoseta–sigma–tau–iota–mu–omicron–sigma
“ready, prepared”
In context — Acts 21:28
They shouted, “Men of Israel, help! This is the man who teaches everyone everywhere against the people, and the law , and this place; and furthermore, he brought Greeks into the temple and has defiled this holy place.”
About this coordinate
Acts 21:28:29 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 29 of Acts 21:28, 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.21.28.W29, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.21.28.W29.S1) and character.