Luke 19:13:14Luke.19.13.W14TAB
Πραγματεύσασθε
pragmateusasthe
“do business”
- Transliteration
- prag-ma-TEU-sas-the
- Extended
- prahg-mah-TEU-sahs-theh
- IPA
- /prag.maˈteu.sas.tʰe/
Meaning by language
- English
- do business
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Gamma | gh — guttural | |
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Theta | th — as in thin | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) |
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The word
Word in context
- word
prag-ma-TEU-sas-the
- sentence
ka-LE-sas de DE-ka DOU-loys he-au-TOU E-dō-ken au-TOIS DE-ka mNAS kai EI-pen pros au-TOUS prag-ma-TEU-sas-the en HÔ ER-kho-mai
Exegesis
The narrative then moves to the second finite verb eipen {εἶπεν | eîpen} ‘he said’, introducing direct speech that contains the key imperative pragmateusasthe {Πραγματεύσασθε | pragmateúsasthe} ‘do business’. The aorist imperative here calls for decisive engagement in commercial activity, not a single momentary act but a committed course of action throughout the interval implied by the following clause.
Root and etymology
pragmateuomaipi–rho–alpha–gamma–mu–alpha–tau–epsilon–upsilon–omicron–mu–alpha–iota
“to trade, do business”
In context — Luke 19:13
And after calling ten of his own servants, he gave them ten minas and said to them, “Trade until I come back.”
About this coordinate
Luke 19:13:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of Luke 19:13, so the Greek word Πραγματεύσασθε (pragmateusasthe) 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.19.13.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (Luke.19.13.W14.S1) and character.