Luke 13:34:6Luke.13.34.W6TAB
προφήτας
prophêtas
“prophets”
- Transliteration
- pro-PHÊ-tas
- Extended
- proh-PHÊ-tahs
- IPA
- /proˈpʰɛː.tas/
Meaning by language
- English
- prophets
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Alphabet Analysis
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Phi | ph — as in phone (f) | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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Word in context
- word
pro-PHÊ-tas
- sentence
ie-rou-sa-LÊM ie-rou-sa-LÊM hê a-pok-TEI-nou-sa tous pro-PHÊ-tas KAI li-tho-bo-LOU-sa tous a-pes-tal-ME-nous pros au-TÊN po-SA-kis ê-THE-lê-sa e-pi-sy-NAK-sai ta TEK-na sou hon TRO-pon OR-nis tên he-au-TÊS nos-si-AN hy-PO tas PTE-ry-gas KAI ouk ê-the-LÊ-sa-te
Exegesis
The participles apokteinousa {ἀποκτείνουσα | apokteínousa} ‘slaying’ and lithoboloousa {λιθοβολοῦσα | lithoboloûsa} ‘stoning’ form an attributive construction modifying Jerusalem, each governing its accusative object, prophētas {προφήτας | prophḗtas} and apestalmenous {ἀπεσταλμένους | apestalménous}, with pros autēn {πρὸς αὐτήν | pròs autḗn} indicating the recipients.
Root and etymology
prophētēspi–rho–omicron–phi–eta–tau–eta–sigma
“one who speaks forth for God”
In context — Luke 13:34
Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who slay the prophets and pelt with stones those dispatched to you—how often I have yearned to assemble your children as a hen draws her brood beneath her wings, yet you would not.
About this coordinate
Luke 13:34:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Luke 13:34, so the Greek word προφήτας (prophêtas) 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.13.34.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Luke.13.34.W6.S1) and character.