Luke 21:26:9Luke.21.26.W9TAB

τῇ

têi

upon the

Transliteration
têi
Extended
tay
IPA
/tɛːi/

Meaning by language

English
upon the

Alphabet Analysis

Taut — as in top
Etai — as in machine

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Word in context

  1. word

    têi

  2. sentence

    a-po-psy-KHÓN-ton an-THRÔ-pōn a-PÓ PHÓ-bou KAI pros-do-KI-as tôn e-per-kho-ME-nōn têi oi-kou-ME-nêi hai GAR dy-NA-meis tôn ou-ra-NÔN sa-leu-THÊ-son-tai

Exegesis

The article-participle phrase tōn eperchomenōn {τῶν ἐπερχομένων | tōn eperchoménōn} works substantivally, “the things coming,” and with tē oikoumenē {τῇ οἰκουμένῃ | tē oikouménē} marks the sphere affected, yielding the sense of events that break over the inhabited world.

Root and etymology

ktaomaikappa tau alpha omicron mu alpha iota

to acquire, obtain, possess

In contextLuke 21:26

People will collapse from fear and expectation of what is coming upon the inhabited world , for the powers of the heavens will be shaken.

About this coordinate

Luke 21:26:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Luke 21:26, so the Greek word τῇ (têi) 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.21.26.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Luke.21.26.W9.S1) and character.