Luke 13:22:4Luke.13.22.W4TAB
πόλεις
poleis
“cities”
- Transliteration
- PO-leis
- Extended
- POH-leis
- IPA
- /ˈpo.leis/
Meaning by language
- English
- cities
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Alphabet Analysis
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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Word in context
- word
PO-leis
- sentence
KAI di-e-po-REU-e-to ka-TA PO-leis KAI KÔ-mas di-DAS-kôn KAI po-REI-an poi-OU-me-nos eis hi-e-ro-SO-ly-ma
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase kata poleis kai komas {κατὰ πόλεις καὶ κώμας | katá póleis kaí kṓmas} marks traversal through both urban and rural locales.
In context — Luke 13:22
And He was passing through cities and villages, teaching, and pressing on toward Jerusalem .
About this coordinate
Luke 13:22:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Luke 13:22, so the Greek word πόλεις (poleis) 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.13.22.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Luke.13.22.W4.S1) and character.