τε

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 τε

   te

   and
2. sentence🔊 ἀλλὰ τοῖς ἐν Δαμασκῷ πρῶτόν τε καὶ Ἱεροσολύμοις πᾶσάν τε τὴν χώραν τῆς Ἰουδαίας καὶ τοῖς ἔθνεσιν ἀπήγγελλον μετανοεῖν καὶ ἐπιστρέφειν ἐπὶ τὸν θεόν ἄξια τῆς μετανοίας ἔργα πράσσοντας

   al-LA tois en da-mas-KÔ PRÔ-ton te kai hi-e-ro-so-LY-mois PA-san te tēn KHÔ-ran tês i-ou-da-I-as kai tois ETH-ne-sin a-PÊN-gel-lon me-ta-no-EIN kai e-pi-STRE-phein e-PI ton the-ON AX-ia tês me-ta-NOI-as ER-ga PRAS-son-tas

   but to the in Damascus first and and to Jerusalem all and the region of the Judea and to the nations I was announcing to repent and to turn back to the God worthy of repentance deeds doing

Exegesis

A series of dative phrases marks the recipients of his proclamation: tois en Damaskō {τοῖς ἐν Δαμασκῷ | toîs en Da-mas-kṓ} ‘to those in Damascus’, then Hierosolymois {Ἱεροσολύμοις | Hie-ro-so-lý-mois} ‘in Jerusalem’, followed by the expanded object pasan tēn chōran tēs Ioudaias {πᾶσάν τε τὴν χώραν τῆς Ἰουδαίας | pâ-san te tḕn khṓ-ran tês I-ou-daí-as} ‘all the region of Judea’, and finally tois ethnesin {τοῖς ἔθνεσιν | toîs éth-ne-sin} ‘to the nations, the Gentiles’.

Root and etymology

stello🔊 στέλλωsigma–tau–epsilon–lambda–lambda–omega

“to send, dispatch”

• 🔊 ἀπόστολοςapostolosapostle, sent oneRomans 1:1