Luke 21:29:6Luke.21.29.W6TAB

τὴν

tên

the

Transliteration
tên
Extended
TEHN
IPA
/tɛːn/

Meaning by language

English
the

Alphabet Analysis

Taut — as in top
Etai — as in machine
Nun — as in new

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  1. word

    tên

  2. sentence

    KAI EI-pen pa-ra-bo-LÊN au-TOIS I-de-te tên sy-KÊN KAI PAN-ta ta DEN-dra

Exegesis

The imperative idete {Ἴδετε | Í-de-te} ‘look’ shifts the focus from narration to attentive observation, and it governs the coordinated accusatives tēn sykēn {τὴν συκῆν | tḕn sy-kên} ‘the fig tree’ and panta ta dendra {πάντα τὰ δένδρα | pán-ta tà dén-dra} ‘all the trees’. The movement from a single fig tree to all trees creates a representative contrast that prepares the listener for the interpretive point in the next verse. In English, a colon and quotation marks mark the transition into the quoted instruction.

In contextLuke 21:29

And He spoke a parable to them: “Look at the fig tree and all the trees.”

About this coordinate

Luke 21:29:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Luke 21:29, so the Greek word τὴν (tên) 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.21.29.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Luke.21.29.W6.S1) and character.