Acts 26:13:4Acts.26.13.W4TAB

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

    hê-ME-ras ME-sês ka-TA tên ho-DON EI-don ba-si-LEU ou-ra-NO-then hy-PER tên lam-PRO-tê-ta tou hê-LI-ou pe-ri-LAMP-san me PHÔS KAI tous syn e-MOI po-reu-o-ME-nous

Exegesis

The prepositional phrase kata ten hodon {κατὰ τὴν ὁδὸν | ka-tá tḗn ho-dón} specifies the setting “along the road,” foregrounding the travel context of the narrative.

The adverb ouranothen {οὐρανόθεν | ou-ra-nó-then} “from heaven” denotes the origin of the light, while the prepositional phrase huper ten lamprotetā tou hēliou {ὑπὲρ τὴν λαμπρότητα τοῦ ἡλίου | hy-pér tḗn lam-pró-te-ta toû hē-lí-ou} expresses comparison, “above the brightness of the sun,” stressing the surpassing intensity of this light over the natural sun at midday.

In contextActs 26:13

At midday , O king, along the road I saw a light from heaven, above the brightness of the sun, shining around me and those journeying with me.

About this coordinate

Acts 26:13:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Acts 26:13, 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.26.13.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.26.13.W4.S1) and character.