Luke 3:12:4Luke.3.12.W4PAT

τελῶναι

telônai

tax collectors

Transliteration
te-LÔ-nai
Extended
teh-LÔ-nai
IPA
/te.ˈlɔː.nai/

Meaning by language

English
tax collectors
French
collecteurs d'impôts
Spanish
recaudadores de impuestos
Portuguese
cobradores de impostos
German
Steuereinnehmer
Russian
сборщики налогов
Arabic-Simplified
جُبَاة الضرائب
Hindi
कर-वसूलने वाले
Chinese-Simplified
税吏
Korean
세리들
Indonesian
pemungut pajak
Bengali
কর সংগ্রাহকেরা
Tagalog
mga maniningil ng buwis
Swahili
watoza ushuru
Amharic
ቀረጥ ሰብሳቢዎች
Yoruba
awọn agbowó owó-ori
Igbo
ndị na-anakọta ụtụ isi
Twi
towgyefoɔ
Ewe
agakpɔlawo

Greek · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
τε + λῶ + ναι
te + lô + nai
telônai

Alphabet Analysis

Taut — as in top
Epsilone — as in met (short)
Lambdal — as in law
Omegao — same as omicron
Nun — as in new
Alphaah — as in father
Iotai — as in machine

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Word in context

  1. word

    te-LÔ-nai

  2. clause

    ÊL-thon DE KAI te-LÔ-nai bap-tis-THÊ-nai KAI EI-pan PROS au-TON

  3. sentence

    ÊL-thon DE KAI te-LÔ-nai bap-tis-THÊ-nai KAI EI-pan PROS au-TON di-DAS-ka-le TI poi-Ê-sô-men

In contextLuke 3:12

{They} came {And} also tax collectors to be baptized and they said to him Teacher what shall we do

About this coordinate

Luke 3:12:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Luke 3:12, so the Greek word τελῶναι (telônai) 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 Luke.3.12.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Luke.3.12.W4.S1) and character.