Acts 21:6:12Acts.21.6.W12TAB
τὰ
ta
“the”
- Transliteration
- ta
- Extended
- tah
- IPA
- /ta/
Meaning by language
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Alphabet Analysis
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father |
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Word in context
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ta
- sentence
a-pê-spa-SA-me-tha al-LÊ-lous KAI e-NE-bê-men eis to PLOI-on e-KEI-noi de hy-PE-stre-psan eis ta I-di-a
Exegesis
The phrase eis ta idia {εἰς τὰ ἴδια | eis tà ídia} idiomatically means returning to one’s own homes or affairs. The two coordinated clauses contrast departure and return, preserved in translation by corresponding connective particles.
Root and etymology
apospaōalpha–pi–omicron–sigma–pi–alpha–omega
“to draw away, tear away, separate”
In context — Acts 21:6
After we had said farewell to one another, we boarded the ship ; but they went back to their own homes.
About this coordinate
Acts 21:6:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Acts 21:6, so the Greek word τὰ (ta) 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.21.6.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.21.6.W12.S1) and character.