Luke 15:16:4Luke.15.16.W4TAB

τὴν

tên

the

Transliteration
tên
Extended
têhn
IPA
/tɛːn/

Meaning by language

English
the

Alphabet Analysis

Taut — as in top
Etai — as in machine
Nun — as in new

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Word in context

  1. word

    tên

  2. sentence

    KAI e-pe-THY-mei ge-MI-sai tên koi-LI-an au-TOU a-PO tôn ke-ra-TI-ōn hôn ÊS-thi-on hoi KHOI-roi KAI ou-de-IS e-DI-dou au-TÔ

Exegesis

The noun phrase ten koilian autou {τὴν κοιλίαν αὐτοῦ | tḕn koilián autoû} marks the object of filling, emphasizing his acute physical hunger and implied inner emptiness.

In contextLuke 15:16

And he was longing to fill his belly with the pods which the pigs were eating, and no one was giving him anything.

About this coordinate

Luke 15:16:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Luke 15:16, so the Greek word τὴν (tên) 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.15.16.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Luke.15.16.W4.S1) and character.