Luke 19:21:4Luke.19.21.W4TAB
ὅτι
hoti
“because”
- Transliteration
- HO-ti
- Extended
- HOH-tih
- IPA
- /ˈho.ti/
Meaning by language
- English
- because
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Alphabet Analysis
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Iota | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
- word
HO-ti
- sentence
e-pho-BOU-mên GAR se HO-ti AN-thrô-pos au-stê-ROS ei AI-reis ho ouk E-thê-kas KAI the-RI-zeis ho ouk ES-pei-ras
Exegesis
The conjunction hoti {ὅτι | hóti} introduces the explanatory content of that fear, expressed in the nominal clause anthropos austēros ei {ἄνθρωπος αὐστηρὸς εἶ | ánthrōpos austērós eî}, where the predicate adjective austēros characterizes the anthropos as severe.
In context — Luke 19:21
For I was afraid of you, because you are a harsh man; you take up what you did not deposit, and you reap what you did not sow .
About this coordinate
Luke 19:21:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Luke 19:21, so the Greek word ὅτι (hoti) 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.19.21.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Luke.19.21.W4.S1) and character.