Acts 23:28:2Acts.23.28.W2TAB

τε

te

and

Transliteration
te
Extended
teh
IPA
/te/

Meaning by language

English
and

Alphabet Analysis

Taut — as in top
Epsilone — as in met (short)

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Word in context

  1. word

    te

  2. sentence

    bou-LO-me-NOS te e-pi-GNO-nai tên ai-TEE-an di hên e-ne-KA-loun au-TOI ka-TÊ-ga-gon eis to sy-NE-dri-on au-TÔN

Exegesis

The sentence begins with the nominative participial clause boulomenos te epignōnai {βουλόμενός τε ἐπιγνῶναι | boulómenos te epignōnai} “wanting to know exactly,” which functions adverbially to express the motivation for the main verb.

Root and etymology

politeuomaipi–omicron–lambda–iota–tau–epsilon–upsilon–omicron–mu–alpha–iota

to live as a citizen, conduct one’s life

In contextActs 23:28

And wanting to know exactly the charge for which they were accusing him, I brought him down into their council .

About this coordinate

Acts 23:28:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Acts 23:28, so the Greek word τε (te) 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.23.28.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.23.28.W2.S1) and character.