Luke 15:17:7Luke.15.17.W7TAB
μίσθιοι
misthioi
“hired workers”
- Transliteration
- MIS-thi-oi
- Extended
- MIS-thih-oi
- IPA
- /ˈmis.tʰi.oi/
Meaning by language
- English
- hired workers
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Theta | th — as in thin | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Iota | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
- word
MIS-thi-oi
- sentence
eis he-au-TON de el-THON E-phê PO-soi MIS-thi-oi tou pa-TROS mou pe-ris-SEU-on-tai AR-tōn e-GŌ de li-MÔ HÔ-de a-POL-ly-mai
Exegesis
The interrogative adjective posoi {Πόσοι | Pó-soi} ‘how many’ highlights the contrast between misthioi {μίσθιοι | mís-thi-oi} ‘hired servants’ and the speaker’s plight, with the genitive phrase tou patros mou {τοῦ πατρός μου | toû pa-trós mou} indicating possession.
In context — Luke 15:17
But when he came to himself, he said, “How many of my father's hired servants have bread in abundance, and here I am perishing with hunger !”
About this coordinate
Luke 15:17:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Luke 15:17, so the Greek word μίσθιοι (misthioi) 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.15.17.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Luke.15.17.W7.S1) and character.