Hebrews 13:20:15Heb.13.20.W15TAB
μέγαν
megan
“great”
- Transliteration
- ME-gan
- Extended
- MEH-gan
- IPA
- /ˈme.gan/
Meaning by language
- English
- great
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Alphabet Analysis
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Gamma | gh — guttural | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
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ME-gan
- sentence
ho de the-OS tês ei-RÊ-nês ho a-na-ga-GŌN ek ne-KRŌN ton poi-ME-na tôn pro-BA-tōn ton ME-gan en HAI-ma-ti di-a-THÊ-kês ai-ō-NI-ou ton KY-ri-on hê-MON ee-ay-SOON
Exegesis
The object of anagagōn is a layered accusative: ton poimēna {τὸν ποιμένα | ton poi-mé-na} ‘the shepherd’, modified by the genitive tōn probatōn {τῶν προβάτων | tōn pro-bá-tōn} ‘of the sheep’, and the attributive accusative ton megan {τὸν μέγαν | ton mé-gan} ‘the great’, forming ‘the great shepherd of the sheep’.
In context — Hebrews 13:20
Now may the God of peace, who brought up from the dead our Lord Jesus , the great shepherd of the sheep, by the blood of the eternal covenant,
About this coordinate
Hebrews 13:20:15 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 15 of Hebrews 13:20, so the Greek word μέγαν (megan) 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 Heb.13.20.W15, which extends further down to each syllable (Heb.13.20.W15.S1) and character.