Luke 1:35:8Luke.1.35.W8TAB

ἅγιον

hagion

holy

Transliteration
HA-gi-on
Extended
HAH-gi-ohn
IPA
/ˈha.gi.on/

Meaning by language

English
holy

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Result
ἅ + γι + ον
ha + gi + on
hagion

Alphabet Analysis

Alphaah — as in father
Gammagh — guttural
Iotai — as in machine
Omicrono — as in omit (short)
Nun — as in new

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Word in context

  1. word

    HA-gi-on

  2. sentence

    KAI a-po-kri-THEIS ho AN-ge-los EI-pen au-TEI PNEU-ma HA-gi-on e-pe-LEU-se-tai e-PI SE KAI DY-na-mis hy-PSI-stou e-pis-ki-A-sei SOI di-O KAI to gen-NO-me-non HA-gi-on klê-THÊ-se-tai hy-IOS the-OU

Exegesis

The angel’s message comprises two parallel future clauses, Pneuma hagion epeleusetai epi se {Πνεῦμα ἅγιον ἐπελεύσεται ἐπὶ σέ | pneû-ma há-gi-on e-pe-leú-se-tai e-pì sé} and dynamis Hypsistou episkiasēi soi {δύναμις Ὑψίστου ἐπισκιάσει σοι | dý-na-mis hyp-sís-tou e-pis-kiá-sei soi}, highlighting coordinated divine activity of the Spirit ‘bearing down’ and God’s power ‘overshadowing’ Mary.

The inferential dio connects this divine intervention to the result clause, dio kai to gennōmenon hagion klēthēsetai huios theou {διὸ καὶ τὸ γεννώμενον ἅγιον κληθήσεται υἱὸς θεοῦ | di-ó kaí tò gen-nō-me-non há-gi-on klē-thé-se-tai hui-ós the-oû}, where the neuter articular participle with passive verb ‘will be called’ designates the Holy One to be born as Son of God. This cause–result structure underscores divine agency in Jesus’s conception and his unique filial identity.

Root and etymology

In contextLuke 1:35

And the angel answered her, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you; therefore also the Holy One who is to be born will be called the Son of God .”

About this coordinate

Luke 1:35:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Luke 1:35, so the Greek word ἅγιον (hagion) 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.1.35.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Luke.1.35.W8.S1) and character.