Luke 19:17:9Luke.19.17.W9TAB
ἐλαχίστῳ
elakhistôi
“in very little”
- Transliteration
- e-la-KHIS-tôi
- Extended
- eh-lah-KHIS-TOI
- IPA
- /e.laˈkʰis.tɔːi/
Meaning by language
- English
- in very little
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Alphabet Analysis
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Chi | h/kh — like Bach | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Omega | o — same as omicron |
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Word in context
- word
e-la-KHIS-tôi
- 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 causal conjunction hoti {ὅτι | hó-ti} introduces the reason for the commendation: the prepositional phrase en elachistō {ἐν ἐλαχίστῳ | e-la-khís-tō} indicates that the proven reliability concerned a very small or minimal responsibility, while the predicate adjective pistos {πιστὸς | pis-tós} describes the servant as faithful with respect to that trust.
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 19:17:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Luke 19:17, so the Greek word ἐλαχίστῳ (elakhistôi) 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.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Luke.19.17.W9.S1) and character.