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
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Eta | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
- word
têi
- 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 context — Luke 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.