Matthew 15:24:14Matt.15.24.W14TAB
οἴκου
oikou
“of {the} house”
- Transliteration
- OI-kou
- Extended
- OI-koh-oo
- IPA
- /ˈoi.kuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- of {the} house
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Alphabet Analysis
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Kappa | k — as in kite | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
- word
OI-kou
- sentence
ho de a-po-kri-THEIS EI-pen ouk a-pe-STA-lên ei mê eis ta PRO-ba-ta ta a-po-lô-LO-ta OI-kou is-ra-ÊL
Exegesis
The genitive phrase oikou Israēl {οἴκου Ἰσραήλ | oíkou Israḗl} “of the house of Israel” is a subjective genitive indicating the covenant community to which these sheep belong, evoking national and familial imagery. In translation, the restrictive force of ei mē is represented by “not … except” in the formal rendering and “only” in the dynamic, while the articular participle is preserved through the phrase “lost sheep,” maintaining the metaphor and ongoing state. The genitive oikou Israēl is rendered as “house of Israel” formally and “people of Israel” dynamically to convey the underlying corporate identity expressed by the household metaphor.
In context — Matthew 15:24
But He answered and said, “I was not sent except to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.”
About this coordinate
Matthew 15:24:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of Matthew 15:24, so the Greek word οἴκου (oikou) 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.15.24.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (Matt.15.24.W14.S1) and character.