Acts 24:6:3Acts.24.6.W3TAB
τὸν
ton
“the”
- Transliteration
- ton
- Extended
- tohn
- IPA
- /ton/
Meaning by language
- English
- the
Alphabet Analysis
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
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ton
- phraseyour reading level
hos KAI ton hi-e-RON e-PEI-ra-sen be-bê-LO-sai
- sentence
hos KAI ton hi-e-RON e-PEI-ra-sen be-bê-LO-sai hon KAI e-kra-TÊ-sa-men
Exegesis
The direct object to hieron {τὸ ἱερὸν | tò hierón} precedes the verb epeirasen {ἐπείρασεν | epeírasen}, a common word order in Greek that places focus on the temple as the target of the act.
A second relative pronoun hon {ὃν | hón} refers back to the man being accused, now becoming the object of the verb ekratesamen {ἐκρατήσαμεν | ekratḗsamen}, with kai again linking this responsive action (“we seized”) to the prior accusation. The shift from third person singular (epeirasen) to first person plural (ekratesamen) distinguishes clearly between the alleged offender and the group of accusers. In translation, the relative clauses are preserved, but English subject–verb–object order is followed, and the nuance of attempted rather than completed desecration is maintained by rendering epeirasen with “tried” or “attempted.”
Root and etymology
hekatontarchēseta–kappa–alpha–tau–omicron–nu–tau–alpha–rho–chi–eta–sigma
“commander of a hundred, centurion”
In context — Acts 24:6
Who also tried to profane the temple , whom we also seized .
About this coordinate
Acts 24:6:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Acts 24:6, so the Greek word τὸν (ton) 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.24.6.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.24.6.W3.S1) and character.