Luke 22:46:4Luke.22.46.W4TAB
Τί
ti
“why”
- Transliteration
- TI
- Extended
- TIH
- IPA
- /ˈti/
Meaning by language
- English
- why
Alphabet Analysis
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Iota | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
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TI
- sentence
KAI EI-pen au-TOIS TI ka-THEU-de-te a-na-STAN-tes pro-SEU-khe-sthe HI-na MÊ ei-SEL-thê-te eis pei-ras-MON
Exegesis
The interrogative ti {Τί | Tí} ‘why’ opens a rhetorical question that rebukes the disciples, whose current state is described by the present indicative katheudete {καθεύδετε | ka-theú-de-te} ‘you are sleeping.’
Root and etymology
tithēmitau–iota–theta–eta–mu–iota
“to put, place, set”
In context — Luke 22:46
And He said to them, “Why are you sleeping? Rise and pray, so that you may not enter into temptation .”
About this coordinate
Luke 22:46:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Luke 22:46, so the Greek word Τί (ti) 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.22.46.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Luke.22.46.W4.S1) and character.