Luke 17:8:6Luke.17.8.W6TAB
τί
ti
“what”
- Transliteration
- TI
- Extended
- tih
- IPA
- /ˈti/
Meaning by language
- English
- what
Alphabet Analysis
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Iota | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
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TI
- 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
Within the quotation, the aorist imperative hetoimason {Ἑτοίμασον | hetoî-mason} ‘prepare’ gives a single, definite command, while the interrogative object clause ti deipneso {τί δειπνήσω | tí deipnêsô} functions as “what I may dine,” with the aorist subjunctive expressing the master’s forthcoming meal.
Root and etymology
epitimaōepsilon–pi–iota–tau–iota–mu–alpha–omega
“to rebuke, censure”
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 17:8:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Luke 17:8, so the Greek word τί (ti) 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.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Luke.17.8.W6.S1) and character.