Luke 18:34:17Luke.18.34.W17TAB
τὰ
ta
“the”
- Transliteration
- ta
- Extended
- tah
- IPA
- /ta/
Meaning by language
- English
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Alphabet Analysis
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father |
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Word in context
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- sentence
KAI au-TOI ou-DEN TOU-tōn sy-NÊ-kan KAI ÊN to RHÊ-ma TOU-to ke-kry-MME-non ap au-TÔN KAI ouk e-GI-nōs-kon ta le-GO-me-na
Exegesis
The final clause kai ouk eginōskon ta legomena {καὶ οὐκ ἐγίνωσκον τὰ λεγόμενα | kai ouk egínōskon tà legómena} uses the imperfect eginōskon to portray an ongoing, progressive failure to recognize the content of “the things being said,” with the present passive participle legomena suggesting repeated or continuous speech. The English renderings mirror this triadic progression—from total non-understanding, to the underlying state of concealment, to continued failure of recognition—by using parallel verbs (“understood,” “was hidden,” “did not comprehend / could not perceive”) and by preserving the sense of repeated speech (“things that were being said / spoken”).
Root and etymology
Rootpi–epsilon–iota–theta–omega
“to persuade, cause to trust”
In context — Luke 18:34
And they understood none of these things, and this saying was hidden from them, and they did not comprehend the things that were being said.
About this coordinate
Luke 18:34:17 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 17 of Luke 18:34, so the Greek word τὰ (ta) 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.18.34.W17, which extends further down to each syllable (Luke.18.34.W17.S1) and character.