Luke 20:16:5Luke.20.16.W5TAB
γεωργοὺς
georgous
“tenants”
- Transliteration
- ge-or-GOUS
- Extended
- geh-ohr-GOOS
- IPA
- /ge.ɔrˈgus/
Meaning by language
- English
- tenants
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Gamma | gh — guttural | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Omega | o — same as omicron | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Gamma | gh — guttural | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ge-or-GOUS
- sentence
e-LEU-se-tai KAI a-po-LE-sei tous ge-or-GOUS TOU-tous KAI DO-sei ton am-pe-LO-na AL-lois a-KOU-san-tes de EI-pan MÊ GE-noi-to
Exegesis
The accusative phrase tous georgous toutous {τοὺς γεωργοὺς τούτους | toùs geōrgous toútous} ‘these vinedressers themselves’ functions as the direct object of apolesei, with the demonstrative toutous intensifying the reference.
Root and etymology
georgosgamma–epsilon–omega–rho–gamma–omicron–sigma
“farmer, cultivator”
In context — Luke 20:16
“He will come and destroy these vinedressers and give the vineyard to others.” When they heard this, they said, “May it never be!”
About this coordinate
Luke 20:16:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Luke 20:16, so the Greek word γεωργοὺς (georgous) 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.20.16.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Luke.20.16.W5.S1) and character.