Luke 15:1:7Luke.15.1.W7TAB
τελῶναι
telonai
“tax collectors”
- Transliteration
- te-LO-nai
- Extended
- teh-LOH-nai
- IPA
- /teˈlɔː.nai/
Meaning by language
- English
- tax collectors
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Alphabet Analysis
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Omega | o — same as omicron | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Iota | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
- word
te-LO-nai
- sentence
Ê-san de au-TOI en-GI-zon-tes PAN-tes hoi te-LO-nai kai hoi ha-mar-tô-LOI a-KOU-ein au-TOU
Exegesis
The participle engizontes, modified by the adjective pantes {πάντες | pán-tes} ‘all,’ takes its constituents from the appositional phrase hoi telonai kai hoi hamartoloi {οἱ τελῶναι καὶ οἱ ἁμαρτωλοὶ | hoî te-lō-nai kaì hoî ha-mar-tō-loi}, which distinctly names tax collectors and sinners.
In context — Luke 15:1
Now all the tax collectors and the sinners were coming near to Him in order to hear Him.
About this coordinate
Luke 15:1:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Luke 15:1, so the Greek word τελῶναι (telonai) 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.15.1.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Luke.15.1.W7.S1) and character.