Matthew 13:28:11Matt.13.28.W11TAB
δοῦλοι
douloi
“servants”
- Transliteration
- DOU-loi
- Extended
- DOO-loi
- IPA
- /ˈduː.loi/
Meaning by language
- English
- servants
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Delta | th — as in this | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Iota | i — as in machine |
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The word
Word in context
- word
DOU-loi
- sentence
ho de E-phê au-TOIS ekh-THROS AN-thrô-pos TOU-to e-POI-ê-sen hoi de DOU-loi au-TÔ LE-gou-sin THE-leis oun a-pel-THON-tes syl-LEK-sô-men au-TA
Exegesis
A new clause begins with the subject phrase οἱ δὲ δοῦλοι {οἱ δὲ δοῦλοι | hoi dè doû-loi}, shifting focus to “the servants,” with δὲ marking contrastive progression.
Root and etymology
doulosdelta–omicron–upsilon–lambda–omicron–sigma
“slave, bond-servant”
In context — Matthew 13:28
But he said to them, “An enemy —a man—did this.” Then the servants said to him, “Do you want us, therefore, to go and gather them?”
About this coordinate
Matthew 13:28:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Matthew 13:28, so the Greek word δοῦλοι (douloi) 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 Matt.13.28.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Matt.13.28.W11.S1) and character.