Luke 13:19:4Luke.13.19.W4TAB
σινάπεως
sinapeôs
“of mustard”
- Transliteration
- si-NA-pe-ôs
- Extended
- sih-NAH-peh-ÔHS
- IPA
- /siˈna.pe.ɔːs/
Meaning by language
- English
- of mustard
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Alphabet Analysis
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Omega | o — same as omicron | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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Word in context
- word
si-NA-pe-ôs
- 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
The dative–genitive expression kokkō sinapeōs {κόκκῳ σινάπεως | kók-kō si-ná-pe-ōs} yields ‘a grain of mustard’, with the genitive specifying the seed’s kind.
Root and etymology
sinapisigma–iota–nu–alpha–pi–iota
“mustard”
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 13:19:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Luke 13:19, so the Greek word σινάπεως (sinapeôs) 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.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Luke.13.19.W4.S1) and character.