Luke 22:45:12Luke.22.45.W12TAB
αὐτοὺς
autous
“them”
- Transliteration
- au-TOUS
- Extended
- au-TOOS
- IPA
- /auˈtuːs/
Meaning by language
- English
- them
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
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
KAI a-na-STAS a-PO tês pro-seu-KHÊS el-THÔN pros tous ma-thê-TAS HEU-ren koi-mô-ME-nous au-TOUS a-PO tês LY-pês
Exegesis
The object of the main verb heuren is expressed by the participle koimomenous {κοιμωμένους | koi-mō-mé-nous} “sleeping” and clarified by the pronoun autous {αὐτοὺς | au-toûs} “them,” yielding the idiomatic English “He found them sleeping.”
Root and etymology
ot-omega–tau
“ear”
In context — Luke 22:45
And when He had risen from the prayer, having come to the disciples, He found them sleeping from the sorrow .
About this coordinate
Luke 22:45:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Luke 22:45, so the Greek word αὐτοὺς (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.22.45.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Luke.22.45.W12.S1) and character.