Acts 28:3:11Acts.28.3.W11TAB

τὴν

tên

the

Transliteration
tên
Extended
TEHN
IPA
/tɛːn/

Meaning by language

English
the

Alphabet Analysis

Taut — as in top
Etai — as in machine
Nun — as in new

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Word in context

  1. word

    tên

  2. sentence

    sy-STRE-psan-tos DE tou PAU-lou phry-GA-nōn ti PLÊ-thos KAI e-pi-THE(n)-tos e-PI tên py-RAN E-khid-na a-PO tês THER-mês ek-sel-THOU-sa ka-THÊ-ps(e) tês khei-ROS au-TOU

Exegesis

A second genitive absolute, epithentos {ἐπιθέντος | e-pi-thén-tos} epi {ἐπὶ | e-pì} ten pyran {τὴν πυράν | tḕn py-rán}, adds a successive action, “when he had put them on the fire,” before the narrative reaches the main clause.

Root and etymology

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

to come down to, arrive at a place or goal

In contextActs 28:3

But when Paul had gathered a quantity of sticks and put them on the fire, a viper came out from the heat and fastened itself to his hand .

About this coordinate

Acts 28:3:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Acts 28:3, so the Greek word τὴν (tên) 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.28.3.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.28.3.W11.S1) and character.