Acts 27:42:7Acts.27.42.W7TAB

τοὺς

tous

the

Transliteration
tous
Extended
tooos
IPA
/tuːs/

Meaning by language

English
the

Alphabet Analysis

Taut — as in top
Omicrono — as in omit (short)
Upsiloni — as in machine
Sigma (final)s — used only at end of words

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Word in context

  1. word

    tous

  2. sentence

    tôn de stra-ti-ô-TÔN bou-LÊ e-GE-ne-to HI-na tous des-MÔ-tas a-pok-TEI-nô-sin MÊ tis ek-kho-lym-BÊ-sas di-a-PHY-gêi

Exegesis

The conjunction hina {ἵνα | hína} ‘in order that’ marks the purpose clause, governing the subjunctive apokteinosin {ἀποκτείνωσιν | apokteínōsin} ‘they might kill’ with the object tous desmotas {τοὺς δεσμώτας | toús desmṓtas} ‘the prisoners’.

In contextActs 27:42

The soldiers’ plan was to kill the prisoners so that none would escape by swimming out .

About this coordinate

Acts 27:42:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Acts 27:42, so the Greek word τοὺς (tous) 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.27.42.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.27.42.W7.S1) and character.