Acts 22:20:18Acts.22.20.W18TAB
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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kai HO-te ek-se-KHYNN-e-to to HAI-ma ste-PHA-nou tou MAR-ty-ros sou kai au-TOS Ê-men e-phe-STÔS kai sy-neu-do-KÔN kai phy-LAS-sôn ta hi-MA-ti-a tôn a-nai-ROUN-tôn au-TON
Exegesis
The direct object of phylassōn is ta himatia {τὰ ἱμάτια | tà himátia}, expanded by the genitive participial phrase tōn anairountōn auton {τῶν ἀναιρούντων αὐτόν | tôn anairoúntōn autón}, literally “of the ones killing him.” The present participle anairountōn, used substantivally with the genitive article, characterizes the executioners by their violent action. In translation, the compressed participial chain is unpacked into coordinated finite verbs and verbal phrases in English to preserve the sequence, simultaneity, and emphasis on Paul’s active complicity while maintaining the temporal “when” clause as the frame for the entire description.
Root and etymology
histēmieta–iota–sigma–tau–eta–mu–iota
“to cause to stand, to set apart”
In context — Acts 22:20
And when the blood of Stephen, Your witness , was being poured out, I Myself was standing by and consenting and guarding the garments of those who were killing him.
About this coordinate
Acts 22:20:18 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 18 of Acts 22:20, 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.22.20.W18, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.22.20.W18.S1) and character.