Acts 28:11:10Acts.28.11.W10TAB

τῇ

têi

the

Transliteration
têi
Extended
tai
IPA
/tɛːi/

Meaning by language

English
the

Alphabet Analysis

Taut — as in top
Etai — as in machine

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Word in context

  1. word

    têi

  2. sentence

    me-TA de treis MÊ-nas a-NÊKH-thē-men en PLOI-ō pa-ra-ke-khei-ma-KO-ti en têi NÊ-sō a-lek-san-DRI-nō pa-ra-SÊ-mō di-os-KOU-rois

Exegesis

This ship is defined by the perfect participle parakekheimakóti {παρακεχειμακότι | parakekheimakóti} ‘having wintered’, which presents a completed past state, located by en tē nḗsō {ἐν τῇ νήσῳ | en tē nḗsō} ‘on the island’.

Root and etymology

katantaōkappa–alpha–tau–alpha–nu–tau–alpha–omega

to come down to, arrive at a place or goal

In contextActs 28:11

After three months we set sail in a ship of Alexandria that had wintered on the island, and its figurehead was the Dioscuri.

About this coordinate

Acts 28:11:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Acts 28:11, so the Greek word τῇ (têi) 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.28.11.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.28.11.W10.S1) and character.