Acts 22:4:3Acts.22.4.W3TAB

τὴν

tên

the

Transliteration
tên
Extended
têhn
IPA
/tɛːn/

Meaning by language

English
the

Alphabet Analysis

Taut — as in top
Etai — as in machine
Nun — as in new

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Word in context

  1. word

    tên

  2. sentence

    hos TAU-tên tên ho-DON e-DI-ōk-sa A-khri tha-NA-tou des-MEU-ōn kai pa-ra-di-DOUS eis phy-la-KAS AN-dras te kai gy-NAI-kas

Exegesis

The demonstrative–article–noun string tauten ten hodon {ταύτην τὴν ὁδὸν | taú-tēn tēn ho-dòn} front-loads “this particular way” for emphasis, marking hodos as a technical designation for the Christian movement.

In contextActs 22:4

I myself persecuted this Way as far as death, binding and handing over to prisons both men and women .

About this coordinate

Acts 22:4:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Acts 22:4, so the Greek word τὴν (tên) 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.22.4.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.22.4.W3.S1) and character.