Luke 13:7:8Luke.13.7.W8TAB
ἔτη
etê
“years”
- Transliteration
- E-tê
- Extended
- EH-tê
- IPA
- /ˈe.tɛː/
Meaning by language
- English
- years
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Alphabet Analysis
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Eta | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
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E-tê
- 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 temporal expression tria etē aph’ hou {τρία ἔτη ἀφʼ οὗ | tría étē aph’ hoû} ‘for three years from which’ employs a genitive relative clause to denote the duration of repeated visits.
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 13:7:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Luke 13:7, so the Greek word ἔτη (etê) 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.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Luke.13.7.W8.S1) and character.