Luke 16:5:11Luke.16.5.W11TAB

τῷ

tôi

to the

Transliteration
tôi
Extended
tô-i
IPA
/tɔːi/

Meaning by language

English
to the

Alphabet Analysis

Taut — as in top
Omegao — same as omicron

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Word in context

  1. word

    tôi

  2. sentence

    KAI pros-ka-le-SA-me-nos HE-na HE-kas-ton tôn khre-o-phei-le-TÔN tou ky-REE-ou he-au-TOU E-le-gen tôi PRÔ-tôi PO-son o-PHEI-leis tôi ky-REE-ôi mou

Exegesis

The dative tō prōtō {τῷ πρώτῳ | tō̂ prṓ-tō} ‘to the first’ treats ‘first’ as a substantive marking the start of a series.

In the direct question poson opheileis tō kuriōi mou {Πόσον ὀφείλεις τῷ κυρίῳ μου | Pó-son o-phei-leis tō̂ ku-rí-ōi mou}, the fronted “How much” places emphasis on the scale of the debt, with the dative specifying the creditor. The English translation preserves both the participial nuance and the interrogative focus.

Root and etymology

ptoch-pi–tau–omicron–chi

extremely poor, destitute

In contextLuke 16:5

And he summoned to himself each of his master’s debtors , one by one, and he said to the first , “How much do you owe my master?”

About this coordinate

Luke 16:5:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Luke 16:5, so the Greek word τῷ (tôi) 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.16.5.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Luke.16.5.W11.S1) and character.