Luke 15:14:9Luke.15.14.W9TAB

τὴν

tên

the

Transliteration
tên
Extended
TAYN
IPA
/tɛːn/

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

    da-pa-NEE-san-tos de au-TOU PAN-ta e-GHE-ne-to lee-MOS is-khy-RA ka-TA tên KHŌ-ran e-KEI-nên kai au-TOS ÊRX-a-to hy-ste-REIS-thai

Exegesis

The prepositional phrase kata tēn chōrán ekeínēn {κατὰ τὴν χώραν ἐκείνην | katà tēn chōrán ekeínēn} ‘throughout that country’ uses kata with the accusative to express distribution over the specified region.

In contextLuke 15:14

But when he had spent all , a severe famine came upon that land, and he began to be in need.

About this coordinate

Luke 15:14:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Luke 15:14, 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 Luke.15.14.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Luke.15.14.W9.S1) and character.