Luke 13:29:16Luke.13.29.W16TAB
βασιλείᾳ
basileia
“kingdom”
- Transliteration
- ba-si-LEI-a
- Extended
- bah-sih-LEE-ah
- IPA
- /ba.siˈli.aː/
Meaning by language
- English
- kingdom
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Beta | v — as in victory | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ba-si-LEI-a
- sentence
KAI HÊK-sou-sin a-PO a-na-to-LÔN KAI dys-MÔN KAI a-PO bor-RÂ KAI NO-tou KAI a-na-kli-THÊ-so-ntai en têi ba-si-LEI-a tou the-OU
Exegesis
The phrase en tē basileia tou theou {ἐν τῇ βασιλείᾳ τοῦ θεοῦ | en tē ba-si-léi-ā toû the-oû} employs the dative locative to indicate the sphere of this reclining—within God’s realm—with the genitive theou clarifying divine ownership of the kingdom and reinforcing the eschatological banquet under divine sovereignty.
Root and etymology
Rootbeta–alpha–sigma–iota–lambda–epsilon–upsilon
“to be king, to rule”
In context — Luke 13:29
And they will come from the east and west and from the north and south, and they will recline in the kingdom of God .
About this coordinate
Luke 13:29:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of Luke 13:29, so the Greek word βασιλείᾳ (basileia) 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.13.29.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (Luke.13.29.W16.S1) and character.