Acts 27:39:21Acts.27.39.W21TAB
τὸ
to
“the”
- Transliteration
- to
- Extended
- toh
- IPA
- /to/
Meaning by language
- English
- the
Alphabet Analysis
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) |
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HO-te de hê-ME-ra e-GE-ne-to tên gên ouk e-pe-GI-nô-skon KOL-pon DE TI-na ka-te-NO-oun E-khon-ta ai-gi-a-LON eis hon e-bou-LEU-on-to ei DY-nain-to ek-SÔ-sai to PLOI-on
Exegesis
The verse begins with the temporal conjunction hote {Ὅτε | hó-te} introducing a time-setting clause, followed by the aorist middle verb egeneto {ἐγένετο | e-gé-ne-to} and the subject hemera {ἡμέρα | hē-mé-ra}, “day,” which together mark the transition from night to morning.
The verb ebouleuonto {ἐβουλεύοντο | e-bou-léu-on-to} in the imperfect middle portrays their ongoing deliberation or settled intention.
This is followed by the conditional structure ei dunainto exosai {εἰ δύναιντο ἐξῶσαι | ei dý-nai-n-to ex-ṓ-sai}, where ei with the optative expresses a potential condition in reported deliberation, “if they might be able.” The aorist infinitive exosai specifies the contemplated action of running the ship aground. In English, the subordinate clauses are rearranged slightly for clarity, but the temporal progression (daybreak → non-recognition → observation → deliberation → conditional plan) and the conditional nuance are preserved by using “if they might be able” in the formal and “if possible” in the dynamic rendering.
Root and etymology
hekatonepsilon–kappa–alpha–tau–omicron–nu
“rule of a hundred”
In context — Acts 27:39
When day came, they did not recognize the land, but they noticed a bay with a shore, and they planned, if they might be able, to run the ship aground there.
About this coordinate
Acts 27:39:21 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 21 of Acts 27:39, so the Greek word τὸ (to) 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.27.39.W21, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.27.39.W21.S1) and character.