Luke 13:18:4Luke.13.18.W4TAB
ὁμοία
homoia
“like”
- Transliteration
- ho-MOI-a
- Extended
- hoh-MOI-ah
- IPA
- /hoˈmoi.a/
Meaning by language
- English
- like
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Alphabet Analysis
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ho-MOI-a
- sentence
E-le-gen OUN TI-ni ho-MOI-a es-TIN hê ba-si-LEI-a tou the-OU kai TI-ni ho-moi-O-sô au-TÊN
Exegesis
Luke frames two parallel interrogatives with the dative pronoun tini {τίνι | tí-ni} ‘to what’, first forming tini homoia estin {τίνι ὁμοία ἐστὶν} ‘what is …
Root and etymology
homoiosomicron–mu–omicron–iota–omicron–sigma
“like, similar”
In context — Luke 13:18
Therefore He was saying, “What is the kingdom of God like, and what shall I compare it to?”
About this coordinate
Luke 13:18:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Luke 13:18, so the Greek word ὁμοία (homoia) 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.13.18.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Luke.13.18.W4.S1) and character.