Luke 17:1:16Luke.17.1.W16TAB
διʼ
di
“through”
- Transliteration
- di
- Extended
- dee
- IPA
- /di/
Meaning by language
- English
- through
Alphabet Analysis
| Delta | th — as in this | |
| Iota | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
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di
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EI-pen de pros tous ma-thê-TAS au-TOU a-NEN-dek-TON es-TIN tou ta SKAN-da-la mê el-THEIN plên ou-AI di hou ER-khe-tai
Exegesis
The relative prepositional clause di hou erchetai {δι’ οὗ ἔρχεται | dí hoû ér-khe-tai} identifies the responsible agent “through whom it comes,” with the genitive relative pronoun hou governed by the preposition di, and the singular verb erchetai referring back to the neuter plural skandala treated as a collective. This syntactic movement sets side by side the certainty that causes of stumbling will arise and the severe accountability of the person who becomes their channel.
Root and etymology
Rootdelta–iota–alpha–kappa–omicron–nu–epsilon–omega
“to serve, wait on”
In context — Luke 17:1
And He said to His disciples, “It is impossible for stumbling-blocks not to come, but woe to the one through whom they come.”
About this coordinate
Luke 17:1:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of Luke 17:1, so the Greek word διʼ (di) 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.17.1.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (Luke.17.1.W16.S1) and character.