Luke 20:41:4Luke.20.41.W4TAB
αὐτούς
autous
“them”
- Transliteration
- au-TOUS
- Extended
- auh-TOOS
- IPA
- /auˈtuːs/
Meaning by language
- English
- them
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Alphabet Analysis
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| 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
au-TOUS
- sentence
EI-pen de pros au-TOUS PÔS LE-gou-sin ton khri-STON EI-nai DAU-id hy-ON
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase pros autous {πρὸς αὐτούς | pròs au-toús} ‘to them’ identifies the audience, likely the religious leaders with whom Jesus is disputing.
In context — Luke 20:41
But He said to them, “How do they say that the Christ is David’s son ?”
About this coordinate
Luke 20:41:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Luke 20:41, so the Greek word αὐτούς (autous) 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.20.41.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Luke.20.41.W4.S1) and character.