Luke 19:20:14Luke.19.20.W14TAB

ἐν

en

in

Transliteration
en
Extended
ehn
IPA
/en/

Meaning by language

English
in

Alphabet Analysis

Epsilone — as in met (short)
Nun — as in new

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Word in context

  1. word

    en

  2. sentence

    KAI ho HE-te-ros ÊL-then LE-gōn KY-ree-e i-DOU hê mnA sou hēn EI-khon a-po-kei-ME-nēn en sou-da-RI-ō

Exegesis

The prepositional phrase en soudario {ἐν σουδαρίῳ | en soudaríō} “in a cloth” specifies the location and manner of this safeguarding. Together, the imperfect plus perfect participle emphasize duration and settled inaction: the servant carefully preserved the entrusted money but did not put it to productive use. The translations mirror this by using “had kept laid away” and “kept stored away” to reflect both the continuing action and the static, unproductive state implied by the Greek construction.

Root and etymology

euepsilon–upsilon

well-born, of good family

In contextLuke 19:20

And the other came, saying, “Lord , behold, your mina, which I had kept laid away in a napkin .”

About this coordinate

Luke 19:20:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of Luke 19:20, so the Greek word ἐν (en) 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.19.20.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (Luke.19.20.W14.S1) and character.