Luke 18:12:5Luke.18.12.W5TAB
ἀποδεκατῶ
apodekato
“I tithe”
- Transliteration
- a-po-de-ka-TO
- Extended
- ah-poh-deh-kah-TOH
- IPA
- /a.po.de.kaˈtɔː/
Meaning by language
- English
- I tithe
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Alphabet Analysis
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Delta | th — as in this | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Kappa | k — as in kite | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Omega | o — same as omicron |
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Word in context
- word
a-po-de-ka-TO
- sentence
nê-steu-O dis tou sab-BA-tou a-po-de-ka-TO PAN-ta HO-sa KTÔ-mai
Exegesis
The second clause introduces another present indicative, apodekatō {ἀποδεκατῶ | a-po-de-ka-tō} ‘I tithe, I give a tenth’, with the direct object panta hosa {πάντα ὅσα | pán-ta hó-sa} ‘all things, as many as’, where hosa introduces a relative clause completed by ktōmai {κτῶμαι | ktō-mai} ‘I acquire, I possess’. This structure emphasizes that the tithing practice extends comprehensively to every acquisition. The asyndetic coordination (juxtaposing the two clauses without an explicit conjunction in Greek) creates a compact, emphatic listing of pious acts. In translation, the two clauses are linked with punctuation (formal) or “and” (dynamic) to convey the parallelism while preserving the focus on the speaker’s fasting and tithing as habitual disciplines.
Root and etymology
apo + dekaalpha–pi–omicron, delta–epsilon–kappa–alpha
“to give a tenth part”
In context — Luke 18:12
I fast twice in the week ; I give tithes of all that I acquire .
About this coordinate
Luke 18:12:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Luke 18:12, so the Greek word ἀποδεκατῶ (apodekato) 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.18.12.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Luke.18.12.W5.S1) and character.