Luke 20:10:14Luke.20.10.W14TAB
δώσουσιν
dosousin
“they might give”
- Transliteration
- DO-sou-sin
- Extended
- DOH-sou-sihn
- IPA
- /ˈdɔː.suː.sin/
Meaning by language
- English
- they might give
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Delta | th — as in this | |
| Omega | o — same as omicron | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
- word
DO-sou-sin
- sentence
KAI kai-RO a-PE-stei-len pros tous ge-ôr-GOUS DOU-lon HI-na a-PO tou kar-POU tou am-pe-LÔ-nos DO-sou-sin au-TÔ hoi de ge-ôr-GOI ek-sa-PE-stei-lan au-TON DEI-ran-tes ke-NON
Exegesis
A purpose clause follows with hina {ἵνα | hí-na} plus the future indicative dōsousin {δώσουσιν | dṓ-sou-sin}, a common construction in narrative Greek where the future functions to express intended result or purpose: “in order that they will give.”
In context — Luke 20:10
At the appointed time he sent a servant to the farmers to receive some of the vineyard’s fruit . But the farmers beat him and sent him away empty.
About this coordinate
Luke 20:10:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of Luke 20:10, so the Greek word δώσουσιν (dosousin) 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.20.10.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (Luke.20.10.W14.S1) and character.