Matthew 17:13:8Matt.17.13.W8TAB
τοῦ
too
“the”
- Transliteration
- TOO
- Extended
- TOO
- IPA
- /ˈtuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- the
Alphabet Analysis
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
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TOO
- sentence
TO-te sy-NÊ-kan HOI ma-thê-TAI HO-ti pe-RI i-ô-AN-noo TOO bap-ti-STOO EI-pen au-TOIS
Exegesis
Within this clause, the prepositional phrase peri Ioannou tou baptistou {περὶ Ἰωάννου τοῦ βαπτιστοῦ | perí Iōánnou toû baptistoû} ‘about John the Baptist’ employs the genitive to denote the topic of Jesus’ earlier remarks, with the titular genitive tou baptistou in apposition to Ioannou.
Root and etymology
baptizōbeta–alpha–pi–tau–iota–zeta–omega
“to dip, immerse”
In context — Matthew 17:13
Then the disciples understood that He had been speaking to them about John the Baptist.
About this coordinate
Matthew 17:13:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Matthew 17:13, so the Greek word τοῦ (too) 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.17.13.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Matt.17.13.W8.S1) and character.