Luke 14:20:8Luke.14.20.W8TAB
τοῦτο
touto
“this”
- Transliteration
- TOU-to
- Extended
- TOO-toh
- IPA
- /ˈtuː.to/
Meaning by language
- English
- this
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Alphabet Analysis
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) |
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Word in context
- word
TOU-to
- sentence
KAI HE-te-ros EI-pen gy-NAI-ka E-gê-ma KAI di-A TOU-to ou DY-na-mai el-THEIN
Exegesis
The causal phrase dia touto {διὰ τοῦτο | diá toû-to} ‘because of this’ explicitly connects the event to his inability.
In context — Luke 14:20
And another declared, “I have taken a wife , and for this reason I am not able to come.”
About this coordinate
Luke 14:20:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Luke 14:20, so the Greek word τοῦτο (touto) 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.14.20.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Luke.14.20.W8.S1) and character.