Luke 16:15:7Luke.16.15.W7TAB
δικαιοῦντες
dikaiountes
“justifying”
- Transliteration
- di-kai-OU-ntes
- Extended
- dih-kai-OO-ntehs
- IPA
- /di.kaiˈuːn.tes/
Meaning by language
- English
- justifying
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Alphabet Analysis
| Delta | th — as in this | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Kappa | k — as in kite | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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Word in context
- word
di-kai-OU-ntes
- sentence
KAI EI-pen au-TOIS hy-MEIS ES-te HOI di-kai-OU-ntes he-au-TOUS e-NÔ-pi-on TÔN an-THRÔ-pôn ho de the-OS gi-NÔ-skei tas kar-di-AS hy-MÔN HO-ti to en an-THRÔ-pois hy-psê-LON BDÉ-lyg-ma e-NÔ-pi-on tou the-OU
Exegesis
The articular participle dikaiountes {δικαιοῦντες | di-ka-ioûn-tes} with reflexive object heautous {ἑαυτοὺς | he-au-toús} frames the audience as self-justifiers “before people” (enōpion tōn anthrōpōn {ἐνώπιον τῶν ἀνθρώπων | e-nṓ-pi-on tôn anth-rṓ-pōn}).
In context — Luke 16:15
And He said to them, “You are the ones who declare yourselves righteous before people, but God knows your hearts; for what is exalted among people is an abomination in the sight of God.”
About this coordinate
Luke 16:15:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Luke 16:15, so the Greek word δικαιοῦντες (dikaiountes) 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.16.15.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Luke.16.15.W7.S1) and character.