Luke 18:8:5Luke.18.8.W5TAB
τὴν
tên
“the”
- Transliteration
- tên
- Extended
- TEHN
- IPA
- /tɛːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- the
Alphabet Analysis
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
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tên
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LE-go hy-MEEN HO-ti poi-EE-sei tên ek-DEE-kê-sin au-TÔN en TA-khei plên ho hy-HOS tou an-THRÔ-pou el-THÔN A-ra heu-RÊ-sei tên PIS-tin e-PI tês gês
Exegesis
The object phrase tḕn ekdikḗsin autṓn {τὴν ἐκδίκησιν αὐτῶν | tḕn ekdikḗsin autṓn} ‘their justice’ presents justice as owed to the afflicted, with autṓn as a possessive genitive.
The object tḕn pístin {τὴν πίστιν | tḕn pístin} ‘the faith’ with epì tês gês {ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς | epì tês gês} ‘on the earth’ signals a universal scope, rendered formally as ‘among the people of the earth’ and dynamically as ‘in the world’ to align with each translation’s idiom. The two sentences mirror the original contrast between assured justice and uncertain faith at His coming.
In context — Luke 18:8
I say to you that He will bring about their justice quickly. Yet when the Son of Man comes, will He find faith among the people of the earth?
About this coordinate
Luke 18:8:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Luke 18:8, so the Greek word τὴν (tên) 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.18.8.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Luke.18.8.W5.S1) and character.