Luke 15:29:14Luke.15.29.W14TAB
οὐδέποτε
oudepote
“never”
- Transliteration
- ou-DE-po-te
- Extended
- oo-DEH-poh-teh
- IPA
- /uːˈde.po.te/
Meaning by language
- English
- never
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Alphabet Analysis
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Delta | th — as in this | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) |
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Word in context
- word
ou-DE-po-te
- sentence
ho de a-po-kri-THEIS EI-pen tôi pa-TRI au-TOU i-do-OU to-SA-U-ta E-tê dou-LEU-ô soi kai ou-DE-po-te en-to-LÊN sou pa-RÊL-thon kai e-MOI ou-DE-po-te E-dô-kas E-ri-phon HI-na me-TA tôn PHI-lôn mou eu-phran-THÔ
Exegesis
The adverb oudepote {οὐδέποτε | oudépote} “never” precedes entolēn sou {ἐντολήν σου | entolḗn sou} to underscore complete obedience, while parēlthon {παρῆλθον | parḗlthon} “I transgressed” carries the juridical sense of violating a command.
The parallel structure kai emoi oudepote edōkas eriphon {καὶ ἐμοὶ οὐδέποτε ἔδωκας ἔριφον | kaí emoi oudépote édōkas ériphon} mirrors the earlier “never” statement, heightening the son’s perception of injustice.
In context — Luke 15:29
But he answered and said to his father , “Behold, for so many years I have served you, and I never transgressed your command ; yet you never gave me a young goat, so that I might celebrate with my friends.”
About this coordinate
Luke 15:29:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of Luke 15:29, so the Greek word οὐδέποτε (oudepote) 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.15.29.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (Luke.15.29.W14.S1) and character.