Luke 16:5:5Luke.16.5.W5TAB
τῶν
tôn
“of the”
- Transliteration
- tôn
- Extended
- tôhn
- IPA
- /tɔːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- of the
Alphabet Analysis
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Omega | o — same as omicron | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
- word
tôn
- 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 genitive chain ton chreopheileton tou kuriou heautou {τῶν χρεοφειλετῶν τοῦ κυρίου ἑαυτοῦ | tō̂n khre-o-phei-le-tō̂n toû ku-rí-ou he-au-toû} underscores that the debtors owe another master.
Root and etymology
piptōpi–iota–pi–tau–omega
“to fall”
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 16:5:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Luke 16:5, so the Greek word τῶν (tôn) 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.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Luke.16.5.W5.S1) and character.