Luke 23:2:14Luke.23.2.W14TAB
⸂φόρους
phorous
“taxes”
- Transliteration
- PHO-rous
- Extended
- PHOH-roos
- IPA
- /ˈpʰo.rus/
Meaning by language
- English
- taxes
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Phi | ph — as in phone (f) | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| 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
PHO-rous
- clause
TOU-ton HEU-ra-men di-a-STRE-phον-ta to E-thnos hê-MON KAI kô-LY-on-ta PHO-rous KAI-sa-ri di-DO-nai KAI LE-gon-ta hau-TON khri-STON ba-si-LE-a EI-nai
- sentence
ÊR-ksan-to de ka-tê-go-REIN au-TOU LE-gon-tes TOU-ton HEU-ra-men di-a-STRE-phον-ta to E-thnos hê-MON KAI kô-LY-on-ta PHO-rous KAI-sa-ri di-DO-nai KAI LE-gon-ta hau-TON khri-STON ba-si-LE-a EI-nai
Exegesis
The participle kōlyonta governs the infinitive didonai {διδόναι | di-DÓ-nai} with phorous Kaisari {φόρους Καίσαρι | PHÓ-rous KÁi-sa-ri} as its object and indirect object, yielding the sense “forbidding to pay taxes to Caesar,” a direct challenge to Roman authority.
Root and etymology
phorosphi–omicron–rho–omicron–sigma
“tribute, tax”
In context — Luke 23:2
And they began to accuse Him, saying, “We found this man perverting our nation and forbidding to pay taxes to Caesar , and saying that He is Christ , a king.”
About this coordinate
Luke 23:2:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of Luke 23:2, so the Greek word ⸂φόρους (phorous) 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.23.2.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (Luke.23.2.W14.S1) and character.