Acts 28:4:25Acts.28.4.W25TAB
τῆς
tês
“the”
- Transliteration
- tês
- Extended
- tays
- IPA
- /tɛːs/
Meaning by language
- English
- the
Alphabet Analysis
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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Word in context
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tês
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hôs de EI-don hoi BAR-ba-roi kre-MA-me-non to thê-RI-on ek tês khei-ROS au-TOU pros al-LÊ-lous E-le-gon PAN-tôs pho-NEUS es-TIN ho AN-thrô-pos HOU-tos hon di-a-sô-THEN-ta ek tês tha-LAS-sês hê DI-kê zên ouk EI-a-sen
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase ek tēs cheiros autou {ἐκ τῆς χειρὸς αὐτοῦ | ek tēs khei-rós au-toû} ‘from his hand’ specifies the location of the danger.
The relative clause introduced by hon {ὃν | hon} ‘whom’ and the aorist passive participle diasōthenta {διασωθέντα | di-a-sō-thén-ta} ‘having been saved’ recalls his prior deliverance ek tēs thalassēs {ἐκ τῆς θαλάσσης | ek tēs tha-lás-sēs} ‘from the sea’, setting up a contrast with what follows.
Root and etymology
prophēmipi–rho–omicron–phi–eta–mu–iota
“to speak forth, proclaim”
In context — Acts 28:4
But when the natives saw the creature hanging from his hand, they said to one another, “Surely this man is a murderer; though he has been saved from the sea , Justice has not allowed him to live.”
About this coordinate
Acts 28:4:25 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 25 of Acts 28:4, so the Greek word τῆς (tês) 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.28.4.W25, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.28.4.W25.S1) and character.