Romans 14:4:7Rom.14.4.W7TAB
οἰκέτην
oiketēn
“house-servant”
- Transliteration
- oi-KE-tēn
- Extended
- oi-KEH-tayhn
- IPA
- /oiˈke.tɛːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- house-servant
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Alphabet Analysis
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Kappa | k — as in kite | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
- word
oi-KE-tēn
- sentence
SY TEES EI ho KRI-nōn al-LO-tri-on oi-KE-tēn tō i-DI-ō ky-RI-ō STĒ-kei ê PIP-tei sta-THĒ-se-tai DE dy-na-TEI gar ho KY-ri-os STĒ-sai au-TON
Exegesis
The participle ho krínōn functions substantivally to identify the addressee as acting in judgment, with its object allótrion oikétēn {ἀλλότριον οἰκέτην | allótrion | oikétēn} ‘another’s servant,’ emphasizing the servant’s belonging elsewhere.
In context — Romans 14:4
Who are you, the one who judges another’s servant? To his own master he stands or he falls; and he will be made to stand, for the Lord is able to make him stand .
About this coordinate
Romans 14:4:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Romans 14:4, so the Greek word οἰκέτην (oiketēn) 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.14.4.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Rom.14.4.W7.S1) and character.