Luke 19:20:15Luke.19.20.W15TAB

σουδαρίῳ

soudariō

handkerchief

Transliteration
sou-da-RI-ō
Extended
soo-dah-RIH-ô
IPA
/suː.daˈri.ɔː/

Meaning by language

English
handkerchief

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Result
σου + δα + ρί + ῳ
sou + da + ri + ō
soudariō

Alphabet Analysis

Sigmas — as in sit
Omicrono — as in omit (short)
Upsiloni — as in machine
Deltath — as in this
Alphaah — as in father
Rhor — rolled r
Iotai — as in machine
Omegao — same as omicron

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Word in context

  1. word

    sou-da-RI-ō

  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.

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 19:20:15 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 15 of Luke 19:20, so the Greek word σουδαρίῳ (soudariō) 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.W15, which extends further down to each syllable (Luke.19.20.W15.S1) and character.