Acts 6:4:3Acts.6.4.W3TAB
τῇ
têi
“to the”
- Transliteration
- têi
- Extended
- TAYI
- IPA
- /tɛːi/
Meaning by language
- English
- to the
Alphabet Analysis
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Eta | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
- word
têi
- sentence
hê-MEIS de têi pro-seu-KHÊI kai têi di-a-ko-NI-a tou LO-gou pros-kar-te-RÊ-so-men
Exegesis
The parallel datives tē proseuchē {τῇ προσευχῇ | tē̂ pro-seu-khē̂} ‘to prayer’ and tē diakonia tou logou {τῇ διακονίᾳ τοῦ λόγου | tē̂ di-a-ko-níā tou ló-gou} ‘to the ministry of the word’ function as datives of reference, defining spheres of apostolic focus. The repeated article tē signals balanced coordination.
Root and etymology
manthanōmu–alpha–nu–theta–alpha–nu–omega
“to learn”
In context — Acts 6:4
But we will persist in prayer and in the ministry of the word.
About this coordinate
Acts 6:4:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Acts 6:4, 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.6.4.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.6.4.W3.S1) and character.