Matthew 24:49:4Matt.24.49.W4TAB
τοὺς
tous
“the”
- Transliteration
- TOUS
- Extended
- TOUS
- IPA
- /ˈtuːs/
Meaning by language
- English
- the
Alphabet Analysis
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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Word in context
- word
TOUS
- phraseyour reading level
KAI AR-ksê-tai TYP-tein TOUS syn-DOU-lous au-TOU
- sentence
KAI AR-ksê-tai TYP-tein TOUS syn-DOU-lous au-TOU es-THI-ê DE KAI PI-nê me-TA TÔN me-thy-ON-tôn
Exegesis
It governs the infinitive typtēin {τύπτειν | týp-tēin} ‘to beat’, which targets his fellow servants in the accusative noun phrase tous syndoulous autou {τοὺς συνδούλους αὐτοῦ | toùs syn-doú-lous au-toû}.
Root and etymology
ἐκλέγομαιepsilon–kappa–lambda–epsilon–gamma–omicron–mu–alpha–iota
“to choose, select”
In context — Matthew 24:49
And he begins to beat his fellow servants and to eat and drink with the drunkards .
About this coordinate
Matthew 24:49:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Matthew 24:49, so the Greek word τοὺς (tous) 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.24.49.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Matt.24.49.W4.S1) and character.