Luke 13:7:21Luke.13.7.W21TAB
ἔκκοψον
ekkopson
“cut down”
- Transliteration
- EK-kop-son
- Extended
- EK-kohp-sohn
- IPA
- /ˈek.kop.son/
Meaning by language
- English
- cut down
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Alphabet Analysis
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Kappa | k — as in kite | |
| Kappa | k — as in kite | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Psi | ps — as in lips | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
- word
EK-kop-son
- 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 aorist imperative ekkopson auten {ἔκκοψον αὐτήν | ékkopson autḗn} ‘cut it down’ delivers the judgment.
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 13:7:21 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 21 of Luke 13:7, so the Greek word ἔκκοψον (ekkopson) 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.W21, which extends further down to each syllable (Luke.13.7.W21.S1) and character.