Luke 15:26:7Luke.15.26.W7TAB

τί

ti

what

Transliteration
TI
Extended
tih
IPA
/ti/

Meaning by language

English
what

Alphabet Analysis

Taut — as in top
Iotai — as in machine

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Word in context

  1. word

    TI

  2. sentence

    KAI pros-ka-le-SA-me-nos HE-na tôn PAI-dōn e-pyn-THA-ne-to TI AN EI-ê TAU-ta

Exegesis

The indirect question is introduced by the interrogative ti {τί | tí} ‘what’ plus the modal particle án {ἂν | án} and the optative eíē {εἴη | eíē} ‘it might be’, conveying uncertainty that is rendered in English with might or could.

Root and etymology

epitithēmiepsilon–pi–iota–tau–iota–theta–eta–mu–iota

to place upon, lay on

In contextLuke 15:26

And he called one of the servants and was asking what these things might be.

About this coordinate

Luke 15:26:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Luke 15:26, so the Greek word τί (ti) 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.15.26.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Luke.15.26.W7.S1) and character.