Luke 17:8:19Luke.17.8.W19TAB
φάγεσαι
phagesai
“you will eat”
- Transliteration
- PHA-ge-sai
- Extended
- PHah-geh-sai
- IPA
- /ˈpʰa.ge.sai/
Meaning by language
- English
- you will eat
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Phi | ph — as in phone (f) | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Gamma | gh — guttural | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Iota | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
- word
PHA-ge-sai
- sentence
al ou-KHI e-REI au-TOI he-TOI-ma-son TI deip-NEE-sô KAI pe-ri-zô-SA-me-nos di-A-ko-nei moi HE-ôs PHA-gô KAI PI-ô KAI me-TA TAU-ta PHA-ge-sai KAI PI-e-sai SY
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase meta tauta {μετὰ ταῦτα | metá taûta} “after these things” introduces a second temporal stage, followed by two aorist middle subjunctives, phagesai {φάγεσαι | phágesai} and piesai {πίεσαι | píesai}, which grant the servant permission to eat and drink only after the master is satisfied. The sentence thus creates a clear temporal and logical sequence—command, preparation, service, then delayed reward—that underlines the parable’s teaching about the normal, unremarkable obligations of a servant toward his master.
In context — Luke 17:8
But will he not rather say to him, “Prepare what I am to eat, and, girding yourself, serve me until I have eaten and drunk, and afterward you may eat and drink”?
About this coordinate
Luke 17:8:19 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 19 of Luke 17:8, so the Greek word φάγεσαι (phagesai) 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.17.8.W19, which extends further down to each syllable (Luke.17.8.W19.S1) and character.