Matthew 18:28:4Matt.18.28.W4TAB
δοῦλος
doolos
“slave”
- Transliteration
- DOO-los
- Extended
- DOO-lohs
- IPA
- /ˈduː.los/
Meaning by language
- English
- slave
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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Word in context
- word
DOO-los
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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 phrase ho doulos ekeinos {ὁ δοῦλος ἐκεῖνος | ho doû-los ekeî-nos} “that servant” recalls the previously mentioned debtor, and the partitive genitive phrase hena tōn syndoulōn autou {ἕνα τῶν συνδούλων αὐτοῦ | hé-na tôn syn-doû-lōn au-toû} “one of his fellow servants” highlights the shared status under the master.
Root and etymology
doudelta–omicron–upsilon
“slave, bondservant”
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 18:28:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Matthew 18:28, 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.18.28.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Matt.18.28.W4.S1) and character.