Luke 19:17:12Luke.19.17.W12TAB
ἴσθι
isthi
“be”
- Transliteration
- IS-thi
- Extended
- IHS-thih
- IPA
- /ˈis.tʰi/
Meaning by language
- English
- be
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Alphabet Analysis
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Theta | th — as in thin | |
| Iota | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
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IS-thi
- sentence
KAI EI-pen au-TOI EU-ge a-ga-THE DOU-le HO-ti en e-la-KHIS-tôi pis-TOS e-GE-nou IS-thi ek-sou-SI-an E-khōn e-PA-nô DE-ka PO-le-ōn
Exegesis
The verb sequence places the aorist middle indicative egenou {ἐγένου | e-gé-nou} “you became” or “you have been” before the present imperative isthi {ἴσθι | ís-thi} “be,” so that established faithfulness in the past grounds the imperative commissioning in the present.
The construction isthi exousian echōn {ἴσθι ἐξουσίαν ἔχων | ís-thi ex-ou-sí-an é-khōn} combines an imperative of “to be” with a participle of “to have,” yielding the sense “be (as one) having authority,” which is rendered idiomatically as “have authority” or “be in charge.”
In context — Luke 19:17
And he said to him, “Well done, good servant ; because you have been faithful in a very small matter, have authority over ten cities.”
About this coordinate
Luke 19:17:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Luke 19:17, so the Greek word ἴσθι (isthi) 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.19.17.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Luke.19.17.W12.S1) and character.