Matthew 18:28:12Matt.18.28.W12TAB
ὤφειλεν
ôpheilen
“owed”
- Transliteration
- Ô-phei-len
- Extended
- Ô-phei-lehn
- IPA
- /ˈɔː.pʰiː.len/
Meaning by language
- English
- owed
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Alphabet Analysis
| Omega | o — same as omicron | |
| Phi | ph — as in phone (f) | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
- word
Ô-phei-len
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ek-sel-THÔN DE HO DOO-los e-KEI-nos HEU-ren HE-na TÔN syn-DOO-lôn au-TOO HOS Ô-phei-len au-TÔ he-ka-TON dê-NA-ri-a
- clause
ek-sel-THÔN DE HO DOO-los e-KEI-nos HEU-ren HE-na TÔN syn-DOO-lôn au-TOO HOS Ô-phei-len au-TÔ he-ka-TON dê-NA-ri-a KAI kra-TÊ-sas au-TON E-pni-yen LE-gôn
- sentence
ek-sel-THÔN DE HO DOO-los e-KEI-nos HEU-ren HE-na TÔN syn-DOO-lôn au-TOO HOS Ô-phei-len au-TÔ he-ka-TON dê-NA-ri-a KAI kra-TÊ-sas au-TON E-pni-yen LE-gôn a-PO-dos EI ti o-PHEI-leis
Exegesis
The relative clause hos ōpheilen autō {ὃς ὤφειλεν αὐτῷ | hos ō-phei-len au-tō} defines the fellow servant’s ongoing obligation, with hekaton dēnaria {ἑκατὸν δηνάρια | he-ka-ton dē-ná-ri-a} specifying the exact amount.
Root and etymology
opheiloo-phei-lṓ
“to owe”
In context — Matthew 18:28
But when that servant went out, he found one of his fellow servants who owed him one hundred denarii , and he laid hold of him and began to strangle him, saying, “Repay what you owe.”
About this coordinate
Matthew 18:28:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Matthew 18:28, so the Greek word ὤφειλεν (ôpheilen) 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.18.28.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Matt.18.28.W12.S1) and character.