Luke 14:1:12Luke.14.1.W12TAB
τῶν
tôn
“of the”
- Transliteration
- tôn
- Extended
- TOHN
- IPA
- /tɔːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- of the
Alphabet Analysis
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Omega | o — same as omicron | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
- word
tôn
- sentence
KAI e-GE-ne-to en tôi el-THEIN au-TON eis OI-KON TI-nos tôn ar-KHON-tôn tôn pha-ri-SA-iôn sab-BA-tôi pha-GEIN AR-ton KAI au-TOI Ê-san pa-ra-tê-ROU-me-noi au-TON
Exegesis
The prepositional clause eis oikon tinos tōn archontōn tōn Pharisaiōn {εἰς οἶκόν τινος τῶν ἀρχόντων τῶν Φαρισαίων | eis oî-kon ti-nos tôn ar-chón-tōn tôn pha-ri-sai-ṓn} employs a genitive chain to specify ‘the house of a certain one of the rulers of the Pharisees’, emphasizing both anonymity and authority.
Root and etymology
archōalpha rho chi omega
“to rule, to begin”
In context — Luke 14:1
Now it happened that, when He entered the house of one of the rulers of the Pharisees to eat bread on the Sabbath, they were observing Him.
About this coordinate
Luke 14:1:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Luke 14:1, so the Greek word τῶν (tôn) 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.14.1.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Luke.14.1.W12.S1) and character.