Luke 16:6:5Luke.16.6.W5TAB
βάτους
batous
“measures”
- Transliteration
- BA-tous
- Extended
- BAH-toos
- IPA
- /ˈba.tus/
Meaning by language
- English
- measures
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Alphabet Analysis
| Beta | v — as in victory | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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Word in context
- word
BA-tous
- sentence
ho de EI-pen he-ka-TON BA-tous e-LA-I-ou ho de EI-pen au-TÔI DEK-sai sou ta GRA-mma-ta kai ka-THI-sas ta-KHE-ōs GRA-pson pen-TÊ-kon-ta
Exegesis
First, the nominal phrase hekaton batous elaiou {Ἑκατὸν βάτους ἐλαίου | he-ka-tón bá-tous e-laí-ou} ‘one hundred baths of oil’ stands without a verb to state the original quantity.
Root and etymology
bathosbeta alpha theta omicron sigma
“capacity measure”
In context — Luke 16:6
He said, “One hundred baths of oil.” Then he said to him, “Take your bill ; sit down at once and write fifty.”
About this coordinate
Luke 16:6:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Luke 16:6, so the Greek word βάτους (batous) 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.16.6.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Luke.16.6.W5.S1) and character.