Luke 17:6:21Luke.17.6.W21TAB
θαλάσσῃ
thalassê
“sea”
- Transliteration
- tha-LAS-sê
- Extended
- thah-LAHS-sê
- IPA
- /tʰaˈlas.sɛː/
Meaning by language
- English
- sea
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Alphabet Analysis
| Theta | th — as in thin | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Eta | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
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tha-LAS-sê
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EI-pen de ho KY-ree-os ei E-khe-te PI-stin hôs KO-kkon si-NA-pe-ôs e-LE-ge-te AN tê sy-ka-MI-nô TAU-tê e-kri-ZÔ-thê-ti KAI phy-TEU-thê-ti en tê tha-LAS-sê KAI hy-PÊ-kou-sen AN hy-MIN
Exegesis
The two aorist passive imperatives ekrizōthēti {Ἐκριζώθητι | ek-ri-zṓ-thē-ti} ‘be uprooted’ and phyteuthēti {φυτεύθητι | phy-teú-thē-ti} ‘be planted’ form a vivid command sequence, with the prepositional phrase en tē thalassē {ἐν τῇ θαλάσσῃ | en tê tha-lás-sē} ‘in the sea’ providing an impossible location that underlines the miraculous scope.
In context — Luke 17:6
And the Lord said, "If you have faith like a mustard seed, you would say to this sycamine tree, 'Be uprooted and be planted in the sea,' and it would obey you."
About this coordinate
Luke 17:6:21 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 21 of Luke 17:6, so the Greek word θαλάσσῃ (thalassê) 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.17.6.W21, which extends further down to each syllable (Luke.17.6.W21.S1) and character.