Acts 4:3:9Acts.4.3.W9TAB
τήρησιν
têrêsin
“custody”
- Transliteration
- TÊ-rê-sin
- Extended
- têh-RÊH-sihn
- IPA
- /ˈtɛː.rɛː.sin/
Meaning by language
- English
- custody
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
- word
TÊ-rê-sin
- sentence
kai e-PE-ba-lon au-TOIS tas KHEI-ras kai E-then-to eis TÊ-rê-sin eis tên AU-ri-on ÊN gar hes-PE-ra Ê-dê
Exegesis
The coordinating kai {καί | kaí} then connects to the aorist middle ethento {ἔθεντο | éthento} “they put,” which governs the compound prepositional phrase eis teresin eis tēn aurion {εἰς τήρησιν εἰς τὴν αὔριον | eis tḗrēsin eis tḕn aúrion} “into custody until the next day,” with the second eis marking temporal limit.
Root and etymology
tēréōtau–eta–rho–epsilon–omega
“to keep, guard, observe”
In context — Acts 4:3
So they seized them and placed them under guard until the next day, since it was already evening .
About this coordinate
Acts 4:3:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Acts 4:3, so the Greek word τήρησιν (têrêsin) 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.4.3.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.4.3.W9.S1) and character.