Luke 16:5:12Luke.16.5.W12TAB
πρώτῳ
prôtôi
“first”
- Transliteration
- PRÔ-tôi
- Extended
- PRÔH-tô-i
- IPA
- /ˈprɔː.tɔːi/
Meaning by language
- English
- first
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Alphabet Analysis
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Omega | o — same as omicron | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Omega | o — same as omicron |
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Word in context
- word
PRÔ-tôi
- 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 context — Luke 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 16:5:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Luke 16:5, so the Greek word πρώτῳ (prôtôi) 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.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Luke.16.5.W12.S1) and character.