Luke 19:10:7Luke.19.10.W7TAB
ζητῆσαι
dzêtêsai
“to seek”
- Transliteration
- dzê-TÊ-sai
- Extended
- dzêh-TÊH-sai
- IPA
- /dzeːˈtiː.sai/
Meaning by language
- English
- to seek
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Result
ζη + τῆ + σαι
↓
dzê + tê + sai
↓
dzêtêsai
Alphabet Analysis
| Zeta | z — as in daze | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Iota | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
- word
dzê-TÊ-sai
- sentence
ÊL-then gar ho hy-OS tou an-THRÔ-pou dzê-TÊ-sai KAI SÔ-sai to a-po-lo-LOS
Root and etymology
Rootzeta–eta–tau–epsilon–omega
“to seek, to look for”
In context — Luke 19:10
For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.
About this coordinate
Luke 19:10:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Luke 19:10, so the Greek word ζητῆσαι (dzêtêsai) 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.19.10.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Luke.19.10.W7.S1) and character.