Acts 22:3:8Acts.22.3.W8TAB

τῆς

tês

of

Transliteration
tês
Extended
tês
IPA
/tɛːs/

Meaning by language

English
of

Alphabet Analysis

Taut — as in top
Etai — as in machine
Sigma (final)s — used only at end of words

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Word in context

  1. word

    tês

  2. sentence

    e-GO EI-mi a-NÊR iou-da-I-os ge-gen-nê-ME-nos en tar-SÔ tês ki-li-KI-as a-na-te-thra-ME-nos de en tê PO-lei TAU-tê pa-RA tous PO-das ga-ma-li-ÊL pe-pai-deu-ME-nos ka-TA a-KRI-bei-an tou pa-TRÔ-i-ou NO-mou dzê-lô-TÊS hy-PAR-khōn tou the-OU ka-THŌS PAN-tes hy-MEIS ES-te SÊ-me-ron

Exegesis

Each participle is expanded by its own modifiers: gegenemenos en Tarsō tēs Kilikias {γεγεννημένος ἐν Ταρσῷ τῆς Κιλικίας | gegenēménos en Tarsṓ tês Kilikías} locates his birth in Tarsus of Cilicia; anatethrammenos de en tē polei tautē {ἀνατεθραμμένος δὲ ἐν τῇ πόλει ταύτῃ | anatethramménos de en tē̂ pólei taútē} contrasts his upbringing in this city with his birthplace, with de marking a mild adversative shift.

Root and etymology

zēloōzeta–eta–lambda–omicron–omega

to be zealous, to be eager

In contextActs 22:3

I am a man, a Jew, born in Tarsus of Cilicia, but brought up in this city at the feet of Gamaliel, educated according to the strictness of the ancestral law, being zealous for God , just as all of you are today .

About this coordinate

Acts 22:3:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Acts 22:3, 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.22.3.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.22.3.W8.S1) and character.