Luke 13:7:16Luke.13.7.W16TAB
συκῇ
sykê
“fig tree”
- Transliteration
- sy-KÊ
- Extended
- sy-KÊ
- IPA
- /syˈkɛː/
Meaning by language
- English
- fig tree
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Alphabet Analysis
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Kappa | k — as in kite | |
| Eta | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
- word
sy-KÊ
- 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 object karpon {καρπὸν | karpón} ‘fruit’ is localized by en tei sykei tautei {ἐν τῇ συκῇ ταύτῃ | en têi sukêi taútēi} ‘on this fig tree’, with the demonstrative tautei highlighting specificity.
Root and etymology
sukonsigma–upsilon–kappa–omicron–nu
“fig”
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 13:7:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of Luke 13:7, so the Greek word συκῇ (sykê) 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.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (Luke.13.7.W16.S1) and character.