Luke 15:12:20Luke.15.12.W20TAB

τὸν

ton

the

Transliteration
ton
Extended
tohn
IPA
/ton/

Meaning by language

English
the

Alphabet Analysis

Taut — as in top
Omicrono — as in omit (short)
Nun — as in new

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Word in context

  1. word

    ton

  2. sentence

    KAI EI-pen ho ne-O-te-ros au-TÔN tôi pa-TRI PA-ter DOS MOI to e-pi-BAL-lon ME-ros tês ou-SI-as ho de di-EI-len au-TOIS ton BI-on

Exegesis

The transition ho dè {ὁ δὲ | ho dè}, often rendered ‘then’, introduces a contrasted action, and the aorist dieîlen {διεῖλεν | di-eî-len} ‘he divided’ takes autoîs {αὐτοῖς | au-toîs} ‘to them’ and tòn bíon {τὸν βίον | tòn bí-on} ‘the livelihood’ to describe the distribution of the father’s means between his sons.

Root and etymology

Rootalpha–eta–mu–alpha–rho–tau–alpha–nu–omega

to sin, miss the mark

In contextLuke 15:12

And the younger of them said to his father, “Father, give me the portion of the estate that is coming to me.” Then he divided his livelihood among them.

About this coordinate

Luke 15:12:20 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 20 of Luke 15:12, so the Greek word τὸν (ton) 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.15.12.W20, which extends further down to each syllable (Luke.15.12.W20.S1) and character.