Luke 6:41:20Luke.6.41.W20TAB
ὀφθαλμῷ
ophthalmôi
“eye”
- Transliteration
- oph-thal-MÔI
- Extended
- ohp-thahl-MÔI
- IPA
- /opʰ.tʰalˈmɔi/
Meaning by language
- English
- eye
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Alphabet Analysis
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Phi | ph — as in phone (f) | |
| Theta | th — as in thin | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Omega | o — same as omicron |
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Word in context
- word
oph-thal-MÔI
- sentence
TI de BLE-peis to KAR-phos to en tôi oph-thal-MÔI tou a-del-PHOU sou tên de do-KON tên en tôi i-DEE-ôi oph-thal-MÔI ou ka-ta-no-EIS
Exegesis
The first object phrase, to karphos to en tō ophthalmō tou adelphou sou {τὸ κάρφος τὸ ἐν τῷ ὀφθαλμῷ τοῦ ἀδελφοῦ σου | tò kár-phos tò en tō oph-thál-mō toû a-del-phoû sou}, is carefully articulated with repeated articles, emphasizing the small foreign object located “in the eye of your brother.”
The second, contrasting object phrase, ten de dokon ten en tō idiō ophthalmō {τὴν δὲ δοκὸν τὴν ἐν τῷ ἰδίῳ ὀφθαλμῷ | tḕn dè do-kòn tḕn en tō i-dí-ō oph-thál-mō}, mirrors this structure but replaces the minor karphos with the massive dokos, and adds idiō ‘your own’ for emphasis. This syntactic mirroring (small object in another’s eye versus large object in one’s own eye) intensifies the irony and exposes hypocrisy. The negation ou placed immediately before katanoeis underscores the failure of self-perception, which is central to the ethical force of the saying. In translation, the parallel clauses and contrasting nouns are preserved to maintain the rhetorical punch and vivid metaphor.
In context — Luke 6:41
Why do you see the speck in your brother’s eye, but do not notice the beam in your own eye?
About this coordinate
Luke 6:41:20 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 20 of Luke 6:41, so the Greek word ὀφθαλμῷ (ophthalmôi) 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.6.41.W20, which extends further down to each syllable (Luke.6.41.W20.S1) and character.