Acts 21:39:11Acts.21.39.W11TAB
τῆς
tês
“of”
- Transliteration
- tês
- Extended
- tɛ̂ːs
- IPA
- /tɛːs/
Meaning by language
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Alphabet Analysis
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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Word in context
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tês
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EI-pen de ho PAU-los e-GÔ AN-thrô-pos MEN EI-mi iou-DAI-os tar-SEUS tês ki-li-KI-as ouk a-SÊ-mou PO-le-ôs po-LI-tês DE-o-mai DE sou e-PI-trep-SON moi la-LÊ-sai pros ton la-ON
Exegesis
The genitive apposition tarseus tes kilikias {Ταρσεὺς τῆς Κιλικίας | Tar-seús tēs Ki-li-kí-as} specifies his city and province.
Root and etymology
manthanōmu–alpha–nu–theta–alpha–nu–omega
“to learn, be instructed”
In context — Acts 21:39
But Paul said, “I am a man, a Jew from Tarsus in Cilicia, and a citizen of no insignificant city. I beseech you; allow me to speak to the crowd .”
About this coordinate
Acts 21:39:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Acts 21:39, so the Greek word τῆς (tês) 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.21.39.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.21.39.W11.S1) and character.