Luke 13:26:12Luke.13.26.W12TAB
πλατείαις
plateiais
“streets”
- Transliteration
- pla-TEI-ais
- Extended
- plah-TEI-ais
- IPA
- /plaˈteː.ais/
Meaning by language
- English
- streets
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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The word
Word in context
- word
pla-TEI-ais
- sentence
TO-te AR-kse-sthe LE-gein e-PHA-go-men e-NO-pi-ON sou KAI e-PI-o-men KAI en TAIS pla-TEI-ais hê-MON e-DI-da-ksas
Exegesis
The phrase en tais plateitais hemon {ἐν ταῖς πλατείαις ἡμῶν | en taîs pla-teí-ais hē-mōn} specifies public locale, and the final aorist edidaxas {ἐδίδαξας | e-dí-dax-as} asserts completed teaching. The sequence highlights ironic familiarity without securing acceptance.
Root and etymology
platuspi–lambda–alpha–tau–upsilon–sigma
“broad, wide”
In context — Luke 13:26
Then you will begin to say, “We shared a meal in Your presence and we drank, and You taught in our streets.”
About this coordinate
Luke 13:26:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Luke 13:26, so the Greek word πλατείαις (plateiais) 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.13.26.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Luke.13.26.W12.S1) and character.