Luke 19:14:15Luke.19.14.W15TAB
τοῦτον
touton
“this”
- Transliteration
- TOU-ton
- Extended
- TOO-tohn
- IPA
- /ˈtuː.ton/
Meaning by language
- English
- this
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Alphabet Analysis
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
- word
TOU-ton
- sentence
hoi DE po-LEE-tai au-TOU e-MEE-soun au-TON kai a-PE-stei-lan pres-vei-AN o-PEE-sô au-TOU LE-gon-tes ou THE-lo-men TOU-ton ba-si-LEU-sai eph hê-MAS
Exegesis
The circumstantial participle legontes {λέγοντες | lé-gon-tes} leads into the direct discourse Ou thelomen touton basileusai eph' hemas {Οὐ θέλομεν τοῦτον βασιλεῦσαι ἐφʼ ἡμᾶς | Ou thé-lo-men toû-ton ba-si-leû-sai eph' hē-mâs}. Here Ou negates the volitional present thelomen ‘we want’, while the aorist infinitive basileusai ‘to reign’ specifies the royal action being rejected. The preposition eph' with the accusative hemas ‘us’ marks the sphere over which rule is refused. The English renderings mirror this structure by maintaining the contrastive opening, the sense of ongoing hatred, and the explicit refusal of royal authority.
In context — Luke 19:14
But his citizens hated him and sent a delegation after him, saying, "We do not want this man to reign over us."
About this coordinate
Luke 19:14:15 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 15 of Luke 19:14, so the Greek word τοῦτον (touton) 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.19.14.W15, which extends further down to each syllable (Luke.19.14.W15.S1) and character.