1 Corinthians 15:9:181 Cor.15.9.W18TAB
τοῦ
tou
“of the”
- Transliteration
- tou
- Extended
- too
- IPA
- /tuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- of the
Alphabet Analysis
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
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tou
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e-GO GAR EI-mee ho e-LA-khi-stos tôn a-po-STO-lōn hos ouk ei-MI hi-ka-NOS ka-LEIS-thai a-PO-sto-los di-O-ti e-DI-ōk-sa tēn ek-klē-SI-an tou the-OU
Exegesis
The causal conjunction dioti {διότι | dióti} ‘because’ introduces the aorist clause ediōxa tēn ekklēsian tou theou {ἐδίωξα τὴν ἐκκλησίαν τοῦ θεοῦ | edíōxa tḕn ekklēsían toû theoû}, where ediōxa {ἐδίωξα | edíōxa} ‘I persecuted’ takes ekklēsian {ἐκκλησίαν | ekklēsían} ‘church’ governed by the genitive theou {θεοῦ | theoû} ‘of God.’ The English rendering preserves the sequence from self-assessment through unworthiness to the reason grounded in past action.
In context — 1 Corinthians 15:9
For I am the least of the apostles, and I am not worthy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God .
About this coordinate
1 Corinthians 15:9:18 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 18 of 1 Corinthians 15:9, so the Greek word τοῦ (tou) 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 1 Cor.15.9.W18, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Cor.15.9.W18.S1) and character.