Luke 13:21:9Luke.13.21.W9TAB
ἀλεύρου
aleurou
“of flour”
- Transliteration
- a-LEU-rou
- Extended
- ah-LEU-roo
- IPA
- /aˈleu.ru/
Meaning by language
- English
- of flour
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Alphabet Analysis
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
- word
a-LEU-rou
- sentence
ho-MOI-a es-TIN DZU-mê hên la-BOU-sa gy-NÊ E-kry-psen eis a-LEU-rou SA-ta TRI-a HE-ōs hou e-dzy-MŌ-thê HO-lon
Exegesis
The main verb ekrypsen {ἔκρυψεν | ékrypsen} ‘hid’ governs the prepositional phrase eis aleurou sata tria {εἰς ἀλεύρου σάτα τρία | eîs aleúrou sáta tría} ‘into three measures of flour’, where aleurou marks the material in the genitive and sata tria specifies the quantity.
In context — Luke 13:21
It is like leaven that a woman took and hid in three measures of flour, until all of it was leavened.
About this coordinate
Luke 13:21:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Luke 13:21, so the Greek word ἀλεύρου (aleurou) 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.13.21.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Luke.13.21.W9.S1) and character.