John 7:30:10John.7.30.W10TAB

τὴν

tên

{the}

Transliteration
TÊN
Extended
TÊN
IPA
/ˈtɛːn/

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

    e-DZÊ-toon OON au-TON pi-A-sai KAI ou-DEIS e-PE-ba-len ep au-TON TÊN KHEI-ra HO-ti OU-pô e-lê-LY-thei hê HÔ-ra au-TOU

Exegesis

The prepositional phrase ep’ auton {ἐπ’ αὐτόν | ep au-tón} ‘upon Him’ and the explicit object ten kheira {τὴν χεῖρα | tēn kheî-ra} ‘the hand’ form an idiom for using force or arresting someone.

“Seize” and “arrest” convey the judicial and hostile nuance of piasai {πιάσαι | pi-á-sai}, while “laid a hand” / “put a hand” reproduces the vivid idiom based on epebalen ten kheira {ἐπέβαλεν τὴν χεῖρα | e-pé-ba-len tēn kheî-ra}.

In contextJohn 7:30

So they were seeking to seize Him , but no one laid a hand upon Him because His hour had not yet come .

About this coordinate

John 7:30:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of John 7:30, 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 John.7.30.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (John.7.30.W10.S1) and character.