Luke 18:9:6Luke.18.9.W6TAB
τοὺς
tous
“the”
- Transliteration
- tous
- Extended
- toos
- IPA
- /tuːs/
Meaning by language
- English
- the
Alphabet Analysis
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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Word in context
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tous
- sentence
EI-pen de KAI pros TI-nas tous pe-pei-THO-tas eph he-au-TOIS HO-ti ei-SIN DI-kai-oi KAI ek-sou-the-NOUN-tas tous loi-POUS tên pa-ra-bo-LÊN TAU-tên
Exegesis
This group is further characterized by an accusative participial phrase, tous pepoithotas eph heautois {τοὺς πεποιθότας ἐφʼ ἑαυτοῖς | toûs pepoithótas eph he-autoîs}, in which the perfect participle pepoithotas, modified by the prepositional phrase eph heautois, depicts a settled state of self-reliance.
Coordinated with this is another accusative participle, exouthenountas tous loipous {ἐξουθενοῦντας τοὺς λοιποὺς | ex-ou-the-noûn-tas toûs loi-poús}, indicating a concurrent action of despising all the rest, so that self-righteousness and contempt form a paired characterization of the audience.
In context — Luke 18:9
And He also told this parable to some who trusted in themselves that they were righteous , and despised others.
About this coordinate
Luke 18:9:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Luke 18:9, so the Greek word τοὺς (tous) 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.18.9.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Luke.18.9.W6.S1) and character.