Luke 16:13:20Luke.16.13.W20TAB

τοῦ

tou

the

Transliteration
tou
Extended
too
IPA
/tuː/

Meaning by language

English
the

Alphabet Analysis

Taut — as in top
Omicrono — as in omit (short)
Upsiloni — as in machine

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Word in context

  1. word

    tou

  2. sentence

    ou-DEIS oi-KE-tēs DY-na-tai dy-SI ky-RI-ois dou-LEU-ein Ē gar ton HE-na mi-SĒ-sei kai ton HE-te-ron a-ga-PĒ-sei Ē he-NOS an-THEK-se-tai kai tou he-TE-rou ka-ta-phro-NĒ-sei ou DY-nas-the the-Ō dou-LEU-ein kai ma-mō-NA

Exegesis

In the second, the genitive phrase henos {ἑνὸς | he-nòs} “of one” with anthexetai {ἀνθέξεται | an-thé-xe-tai} “he will hold to” mirrors tou heterou {τοῦ ἑτέρου | toû he-té-rou} “of the other” with kataphronēsei {καταφρονήσει | ka-ta-phro-nḗ-sei} “he will despise,” demonstrating chiastic parallelism.

Root and etymology

bathosbeta alpha theta omicron sigma

capacity measure

In contextLuke 16:13

No household servant is able to serve two masters, for he will either hate the one and love the other, or he will hold to one and despise the other. You are not able to serve God and mammon .

About this coordinate

Luke 16:13:20 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 20 of Luke 16:13, so the Greek word τοῦ (tou) 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.16.13.W20, which extends further down to each syllable (Luke.16.13.W20.S1) and character.