Luke 20:20:2Luke.20.20.W2TAB
παρατηρήσαντες
paratêrêsantes
“having watched”
- Transliteration
- pa-ra-tê-RÊ-san-tes
- Extended
- pah-rah-teh-RÊ-sahn-tehs
- IPA
- /pa.ra.tɛːˈrɛː.san.tes/
Meaning by language
- English
- having watched
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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Word in context
- word
pa-ra-tê-RÊ-san-tes
- sentence
KAI pa-ra-tê-RÊ-san-tes a-PE-stei-lan en-ga-THE-tous hy-po-kri-no-ME-nous he-au-TOUS di-KAI-ous EI-nai HI-na e-pi-LA-bôn-tai au-TOU LO-gou HÔ-ste pa-ra-DOU-nai au-TON têi ar-KHÊi KAI têi e-ksou-SI-ai tou hê-ge-MO-nos
Exegesis
Parateresantes {παρατηρήσαντες | para-tērē-sán-tes} ‘having watched closely’ introduces a circumstantial participle indicating ongoing surveillance before the main action.
In context — Luke 20:20
And having watched Him closely, they sent spies who pretended to be righteous, in order that they might seize on His word, so as to deliver Him to the rule and the jurisdiction of the governor .
About this coordinate
Luke 20:20:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Luke 20:20, so the Greek word παρατηρήσαντες (paratêrêsantes) 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.20.20.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Luke.20.20.W2.S1) and character.