Luke 18:24:16Luke.18.24.W16TAB
τοῦ
tou
“of the”
- Transliteration
- tou
- Extended
- too
- IPA
- /tuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- of the
Alphabet Analysis
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
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tou
- sentence
i-DON DE au-TON ho ee-ay-SOOS EI-pen PÔS dys-KO-lōs hoi ta KHRÊ-ma-ta E-khon-tes eis tēn ba-si-LEI-an tou the-OU eis-po-REU-on-tai
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase eis tēn basileian tou theou {εἰς τὴν βασιλείαν τοῦ θεοῦ | eis tēn ba-si-léi-an toû the-oû} marks direction toward God’s reign.
In context — Luke 18:24
But when Jesus saw him, He said, “How difficult it is for those who possess riches to enter into the kingdom of God !”
About this coordinate
Luke 18:24:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of Luke 18:24, so the Greek word τοῦ (tou) 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.18.24.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (Luke.18.24.W16.S1) and character.