John 19:32:10John.19.32.W10TAB

τὰ

ta

the

Transliteration
TA
Extended
TA
IPA
/ta/

Meaning by language

English
the

Alphabet Analysis

Taut — as in top
Alphaah — as in father

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Word in context

  1. word

    TA

  2. phraseyour reading level

    KAI TOU MEN PRÔ-tou ka-TE-a-ksan TA SKE-lê KAI TOU AL-lou TOU sy-stau-rô-THEN-tos au-TÔ

  3. sentence

    ÊL-thon OUN hoi stra-ti-Ô-tai KAI TOU MEN PRÔ-tou ka-TE-a-ksan TA SKE-lê KAI TOU AL-lou TOU sy-stau-rô-THEN-tos au-TÔ

Exegesis

The aorist verb kateaxan {κατέαξαν | ka-té-a-xan} ‘they broke’ takes as its object ta skele {τὰ σκέλη | ta ské-lē} ‘the legs’, depicting a single, completed, and violent act performed on each victim.

Root and etymology

stratiotessigma–tau–rho–alpha–tau–iota–omega–tau–eta–sigma

soldier, enlisted man

In contextJohn 19:32

Therefore the soldiers came, and they broke the legs of the first man and of the other who had been crucified with Him .

About this coordinate

John 19:32:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of John 19:32, so the Greek word τὰ (ta) 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 John.19.32.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (John.19.32.W10.S1) and character.