Romans 13:6:12Rom.13.6.W12TAB
αὐτὸ
auto
“this”
- Transliteration
- au-TO
- Extended
- ahw-TOH
- IPA
- /auˈto/
Meaning by language
- English
- this
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Alphabet Analysis
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) |
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Word in context
- word
au-TO
- sentence
di-A TOU-to gar kai PHO-rous te-LEI-te lei-tou-ER-GOI gar the-OU EI-sin eis au-TO TOU-to pros-kar-te-ROUN-tes
Exegesis
The final prepositional-participial segment eis auto touto proskarterountes {εἰς αὐτὸ τοῦτο προσκαρτεροῦντες | eis autò toû-to pros-kar-te-roûn-tes} uses a double demonstrative to intensify focus, and the participle portrays continual devotion, rendered in English as a finite clause to preserve durative explanatory force.
In context — Romans 13:6
This is also why you pay taxes, because they are ministers of God , devoting themselves to this very duty.
About this coordinate
Romans 13:6:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Romans 13:6, so the Greek word αὐτὸ (auto) 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 Rom.13.6.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Rom.13.6.W12.S1) and character.