Matthew 18:26:4Matt.18.26.W4TAB
δοῦλος
doolos
“servant”
- Transliteration
- DOO-los
- Extended
- DOO-lohs
- IPA
- /ˈduː.los/
Meaning by language
- English
- servant
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) | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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The word
Word in context
- word
DOO-los
- clause
pe-SÔN OON ho DOO-los pro-se-KY-nei au-TOI LE-gôn
- sentence
pe-SÔN OON ho DOO-los pro-se-KY-nei au-TOI LE-gôn ma-kro-THY-mê-son ep e-MOI KAI PAN-ta a-po-DÔ-sô soi
Exegesis
The noun phrase ho doulos {ὁ δοῦλος | ho doû-los} is the syntactic subject, with the imperfect verb prosekunei {προσεκύνει | prosekýnei} ‘was prostrating’ describing an ongoing posture of submission directed to the dative pronoun auto {αὐτῷ | autô}.
Root and etymology
douleuōdelta–omicron–upsilon–lambda–epsilon–upsilon–omega
“to serve as a slave”
In context — Matthew 18:26
Therefore the servant , having fallen down, was prostrating himself before him, saying, “Have patience with me, and I will repay everything to you.”
About this coordinate
Matthew 18:26:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Matthew 18:26, so the Greek word δοῦλος (doolos) 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.18.26.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Matt.18.26.W4.S1) and character.