Luke 15:26:7Luke.15.26.W7TAB
τί
ti
“what”
- Transliteration
- TI
- Extended
- tih
- IPA
- /ti/
Meaning by language
- English
- what
Alphabet Analysis
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Iota | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
- word
TI
- 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 context — Luke 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.