Luke 13:7:12Luke.13.7.W12TAB
ζητῶν
dzêton
“seeking”
- Transliteration
- dzê-TON
- Extended
- dzê-TOHN
- IPA
- /dzɛːˈtɔːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- seeking
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Alphabet Analysis
| Zeta | z — as in daze | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Omega | o — same as omicron | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
- word
dzê-TON
- sentence
EI-pen DE pros ton am-pe-lour-GON i-DOU TRI-a E-tê aph hou ER-kho-mai dzê-TON kar-PON en tê sy-KÊ TAU-tê KAI oukh heu-RI-skō EK-kop-son au-TÊN hi-na-TI KAI tên gên ka-tar-GEI
Exegesis
The present tense combination erchomai zeton {ἔρχομαι ζητῶν | érchomai zētôn} ‘I keep coming, seeking’ conveys an ongoing search.
In context — Luke 13:7
So he said to the vinedresser , “Look, for three years I have come seeking fruit on this fig tree and I find none; cut it down. Why should it also exhaust the ground ?”
About this coordinate
Luke 13:7:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Luke 13:7, so the Greek word ζητῶν (dzêton) 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.13.7.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Luke.13.7.W12.S1) and character.