Acts 25:21:8Acts.25.21.W8TAB

τὴν

tên

the

Transliteration
tên
Extended
têen
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

    tou de PAU-lou e-pi-ka-le-sa-ME-nou tê-rê-THÊ-nai au-TON eis tên tou se-bas-TOU di-AG-nō-sin e-KE-leu-sa tê-REIS-thai au-TON HE-ōs hou a-na-PEMP-sō au-TON pros KAI-sa-ra

Exegesis

The prepositional phrase eis tēn tou Sebastou diagnōsin {εἰς τὴν τοῦ Σεβαστοῦ διάγνωσιν | eis tēn toû Sebastoû diágnōsin} indicates the goal of this custody, namely a legal decision at the imperial level, with the genitive tou Sebastou specifying the Emperor as the deciding authority.

In contextActs 25:21

But when Paul had appealed to be kept for the decision of the Emperor , I ordered him to be kept until I could send him to Caesar.

About this coordinate

Acts 25:21:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Acts 25:21, 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.25.21.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.25.21.W8.S1) and character.