Romans 15:5:7Rom.15.5.W7TAB
τῆς
tês
“of the”
- Transliteration
- tês
- Extended
- TAYS
- IPA
- /tɛːs/
Meaning by language
- English
- of the
Alphabet Analysis
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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Word in context
- word
tês
- sentence
ho DE the-OS tês hy-po-mo-NÊS KAI tês pa-ra-KLÊ-se-ōs DOI-ē hy-MÎN to au-TO phro-NEIN en al-LÊ-lois ka-TA khri-STON ee-ay-SOON
Exegesis
The sentence begins with the nominative subject ho theos {ὁ θεὸς | ho the-ós}, which is qualified by two parallel genitive modifiers tēs hypomonēs kai tēs paraklēseōs {τῆς ὑπομονῆς καὶ τῆς παρακλήσεως | tēs hu-po-mo-nēs kaí tēs pa-ra-klḗ-se-ōs}, forming a descriptive genitive construction that presents God as the source or possessor of “endurance” and “encouragement.”
In context — Romans 15:5
Now may the God of endurance and encouragement grant you to think the same thing among one another according to Christ Jesus .
About this coordinate
Romans 15:5:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Romans 15:5, so the Greek word τῆς (tês) 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 Rom.15.5.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Rom.15.5.W7.S1) and character.