Luke 13:19:20Luke.13.19.W20TAB
πετεινὰ
peteina
“birds”
- Transliteration
- pe-tei-NA
- Extended
- peh-tei-NAH
- IPA
- /pe.tei̯ˈna/
Meaning by language
- English
- birds
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father |
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The word
Word in context
- word
pe-tei-NA
- sentence
ho-MOI-a es-TIN KOK-kô si-NA-pe-ôs HON la-BON AN-thrô-pos E-ba-len eis KÊ-pon he-au-TOU kai ÊU-ksê-sen kai e-GE-ne-to eis DEN-dron kai ta pe-tei-NA tou ou-ra-NOU ka-te-SKÊ-nô-sen en tois KLA-dois au-TOU
Exegesis
A further coordinated clause presents ta peteina tou ouranou {τὰ πετεινὰ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ | tà pe-tei-nà toû ou-ra-nóu} ‘the birds of the sky’ as subjects of kateskēnōsen {κατεσκήνωσεν | ka-te-skḗ-nō-sen} ‘nested’.
Root and etymology
pet-pi–epsilon–tau
“to fly”
In context — Luke 13:19
It resembles a mustard seed that a man gathered and cast into his own garden; it grew and became a tree, and the birds of the sky nested in its branches .
About this coordinate
Luke 13:19:20 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 20 of Luke 13:19, so the Greek word πετεινὰ (peteina) 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.13.19.W20, which extends further down to each syllable (Luke.13.19.W20.S1) and character.