Acts 27:21:28Acts.27.21.W28TAB
ταύτην
tautēn
“this”
- Transliteration
- TAU-tēn
- Extended
- TAU-têen
- IPA
- /ˈtau.tɛːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- this
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Alphabet Analysis
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
- word
TAU-tēn
- sentence
pol-LÊS te a-si-TI-as hy-par-KHOU-sês TO-te sta-THEIS ho PAU-los en ME-sō au-TÔN EI-pen E-dei men ô AN-dres pei-thar-KHÊ-san-TAS moi mê a-NA-ges-thai a-PO tês KRÊ-tês ker-DÊ-sai te tēn HY-brin TAU-tēn kai tēn dzê-MI-an
Exegesis
The infinitive kerdesai {κερδῆσαί | ker-dê-sai} takes two accusatives, hybrin tauten kai ten zemian {ὕβριν ταύτην καὶ τὴν ζημίαν | hý-brin taú-tēn kaí tḕn zē-mí-an}, indicating what could have been avoided; English renders these with counterfactual modals to capture the missed-opportunity nuance.
In context — Acts 27:21
After a great lack of food had set in, Paul stood in their midst and said, “Men, you ought to have obeyed me by not setting sail from Crete, so that you would have avoided this injury and this loss .”
About this coordinate
Acts 27:21:28 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 28 of Acts 27:21, so the Greek word ταύτην (tautēn) 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.27.21.W28, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.27.21.W28.S1) and character.