Luke 7:39:24Luke.7.39.W24TAB
ἅπτεται
haptetai
“is touching”
- Transliteration
- HAP-te-tai
- Extended
- HAHP-teh-tai
- IPA
- /ˈhap.te.tai/
Meaning by language
- English
- is touching
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Alphabet Analysis
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Iota | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
- word
HAP-te-tai
- sentence
i-DON de ho pha-ri-SAI-os ho ka-LE-sas au-TON EI-pen en he-au-TÔI LE-gōn HOU-tos ei ÊN pro-PHÊ-tês e-GI-nō-sken AN TIS kai po-ta-PÊ hê gy-NÊ HÊ-tis HAP-te-tai au-TOU HO-ti ha-mar-tō-LOS ES-tin
Exegesis
The present middle/passive haptetai {ἅπτεται | háptetai} ‘is touching’ emphasizes ongoing contact, and the causal hoti {ὅτι | hóti} ‘because’ introduces the evaluative clause with hamartōlos estin {ἁμαρτωλός ἐστιν | hamartōlós éstin} ‘she is a sinner,’ revealing the Pharisee’s rationale. The English preserves the participial layering and the unreal condition.
In context — Luke 7:39
When the Pharisee who had invited Him saw it, he said within himself, “If this man were a prophet , He would know who and what kind of woman is touching Him, that she is a sinner.”
About this coordinate
Luke 7:39:24 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 24 of Luke 7:39, so the Greek word ἅπτεται (haptetai) 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.7.39.W24, which extends further down to each syllable (Luke.7.39.W24.S1) and character.