Luke 13:18:13Luke.13.18.W13TAB
αὐτήν
autên
“it”
- Transliteration
- au-TÊN
- Extended
- au-TEHN
- IPA
- /auˈtɛːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- it
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Alphabet Analysis
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
- word
au-TÊN
- sentence
E-le-gen OUN TI-ni ho-MOI-a es-TIN hê ba-si-LEI-a tou the-OU kai TI-ni ho-moi-O-sô au-TÊN
Exegesis
The head noun basileia tou theou {βασιλεία τοῦ θεοῦ | ba-si-leí-a toû the-oû} ‘the kingdom of God’ is the subject of the first question and the object of the second via autēn {αὐτήν | au-tḗn} ‘it’, tightly binding the two questions. This balanced structure of interrogatives sets the stage for the following parable by creating expectation through rhetorical symmetry.
In context — Luke 13:18
Therefore He was saying, “What is the kingdom of God like, and what shall I compare it to?”
About this coordinate
Luke 13:18:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of Luke 13:18, so the Greek word αὐτήν (autên) 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.13.18.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (Luke.13.18.W13.S1) and character.