Luke 13:4:25Luke.13.4.W25TAB
τοὺς
tous
“the”
- Transliteration
- tous
- Extended
- toos
- IPA
- /tuːs/
Meaning by language
- English
- the
Alphabet Analysis
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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Word in context
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tous
- sentence
Ê e-KEI-noi hoi de-ka-ok-TÔ eph hous E-pe-sen ho PYR-gos en tôi si-lo-AM kai a-PEK-tei-nen au-TOUS do-KEI-te HO-ti au-TOI o-phei-LE-tai e-GE-non-to pa-RA PAN-tas tous an-THRÔ-pous tous ka-toi-KOUN-tas ie-rou-sa-LÊM
Exegesis
The main clause resumes with dokeite {δοκεῖτε | do-keî-te} ‘do you think’, introducing a content clause via hoti {ὅτι | hó-ti} ‘that’, where autoi egenonto {αὐτοὶ ἐγένοντο | au-toí e-gé-non-to} ‘they became’ links to opheiletai {ὀφειλέται | o-phei-lé-tai} ‘debtors’ as predicate nominative, with para pantas tous anthropous tous katoikountas Ierousalem {παρὰ πάντας τοὺς ἀνθρώπους τοὺς κατοικοῦντας Ἰερουσαλήμ | par-á pán-tas toùs án-thrō-pous toùs ka-toi-koûn-tas Ie-rou-sa-lēm} conveying comparison. The structure shifts from concrete tragedy to a probing question, highlighting that suffering does not imply greater guilt.
In context — Luke 13:4
Or consider those eighteen upon whom the tower in Siloam fell and killed them: do you think they became debtors more than all the people dwelling in Jerusalem?
About this coordinate
Luke 13:4:25 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 25 of Luke 13:4, so the Greek word τοὺς (tous) 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.13.4.W25, which extends further down to each syllable (Luke.13.4.W25.S1) and character.