Luke 14:1:20Luke.14.1.W20TAB
παρατηρούμενοι
paratêroumenoi
“watching closely”
- Transliteration
- pa-ra-tê-ROU-me-noi
- Extended
- pah-rah-tay-ROO-meh-noi
- IPA
- /pa.ra.tɛːˈruː.me.noi/
Meaning by language
- English
- watching closely
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Iota | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
- word
pa-ra-tê-ROU-me-noi
- 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
Finally, the imperfect ēsan plus participle parateroumenoi {ἦσαν παρατηρούμενοι | ē-san pa-ra-te-róu-me-noi} conveys ongoing, attentive observation of Him.
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 14:1:20 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 20 of Luke 14:1, so the Greek word παρατηρούμενοι (paratêroumenoi) 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.W20, which extends further down to each syllable (Luke.14.1.W20.S1) and character.