Luke 4:23:18Luke.4.23.W18TAB
τὴν
tēn
“the”
- Transliteration
- tēn
- Extended
- TAYN
- IPA
- /tɛːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- the
Alphabet Analysis
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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tēn
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KAI EI-pen pros au-TOUS PAN-tōs e-REI-TE moi tēn pa-ra-bo-LĒN TAU-tēn i-a-TRÉ the-RA-peu-son se-au-TON HO-sa ē-KOU-sa-men ge-NO-me-na eis tēn ka-phar-na-OUM POI-ē-son KAI HŌ-de en têi pa-TRI-di sou
Exegesis
The accusative complex ten parabolen tauten {τὴν παραβολὴν ταύτην | tḗn para-bolḕn taú-tên} frames the subsequent quotation as a well-known saying.
The relative clause hosa ekousamen genomena {ὅσα ἠκούσαμεν γενόμενα | hó-sa ē-kou-sá-men ge-nó-me-na} specifies the content of the report as completed events in Capernaum, located by eis ten Kapharnaoum {εἰς τὴν Καφαρναοὺμ | eis tḗn Ka-phar-naoúm}.
In context — Luke 4:23
And He said to them, “Surely you will tell Me this proverb : ‘Physician, heal Yourself. What we heard took place in Capernaum, do here also in Your hometown.’”
About this coordinate
Luke 4:23:18 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 18 of Luke 4:23, so the Greek word τὴν (tēn) 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.4.23.W18, which extends further down to each syllable (Luke.4.23.W18.S1) and character.