Acts 25:21:9Acts.25.21.W9TAB
τοῦ
tou
“of the”
- Transliteration
- tou
- Extended
- too
- IPA
- /tuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- of the
Alphabet Analysis
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
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tou
- 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
It then uses a genitive absolute construction, tou de Paulou epikalesamenou {τοῦ δὲ Παύλου ἐπικαλεσαμένου | toû dè Paúlou epikalesaménou} ‘when Paul had appealed’, which provides background circumstance independent of the main clause.
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.
Root and etymology
aiteoalpha–iota–tau–epsilon–omega
“to ask, request”
In context — Acts 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 25:21:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Acts 25:21, so the Greek word τοῦ (tou) 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.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.25.21.W9.S1) and character.