Luke 20:25:13Luke.20.25.W13TAB
τοῦ
tou
“of the”
- Transliteration
- tou
- Extended
- too
- IPA
- /tuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- of the
Alphabet Analysis
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
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tou
- sentence
ho de EI-pen pros au-TOUS TOI-nyn a-PO-do-te ta KAI-sa-ros KAI-sa-ri kai ta tou the-OU tôi the-ÔI
Exegesis
The two coordinated accusative phrases ta Kaisaros Kaisari {τὰ Καίσαρος Καίσαρι | tà Kaísar-os Kaísar-i} and ta tou theou tō theō {τὰ τοῦ θεοῦ τῷ θεῷ | tà toû the-oû tôi the-ō} form a balanced, parallel structure: each begins with the neuter plural article ta functioning substantivally (‘the things’), followed by a genitive of possession (Kaisaros, theou) and then a corresponding dative (Kaisari, theō) indicating the rightful recipient. This parallelism sharply distinguishes responsibilities toward imperial authority from those owed directly to God, while the shared syntax suggests that both obligations are real, though not equal. In translation, the possessive nuance of the genitives is rendered with “the things that are Caesar’s” and “the things that are God’s” or “what belongs to,” preserving both the structure and the emphasis on proper ownership and due return.
Root and etymology
καθίζωkappa alpha theta iota zeta omega
“to seat, place, station”
In context — Luke 20:25
But He said to them, “Therefore give back to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s.”
About this coordinate
Luke 20:25:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of Luke 20:25, so the Greek word τοῦ (tou) 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.20.25.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (Luke.20.25.W13.S1) and character.