Luke 16:5:14Luke.16.5.W14TAB
ὀφείλεις
opheileis
“do you owe”
- Transliteration
- o-PHEI-leis
- Extended
- oh-PHEI-lees
- IPA
- /oˈpʰiː.leis/
Meaning by language
- English
- do you owe
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Phi | ph — as in phone (f) | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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Word in context
- word
o-PHEI-leis
- 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
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
opheilōomicron–phi–epsilon–iota–lambda–omega
“to owe, be obligated”
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 16:5:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of Luke 16:5, so the Greek word ὀφείλεις (opheileis) 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.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (Luke.16.5.W14.S1) and character.