Luke 13:4:9Luke.13.4.W9TAB
πύργος
pyrgos
“tower”
- Transliteration
- PYR-gos
- Extended
- PYR-gohs
- IPA
- /ˈpyr.gos/
Meaning by language
- English
- tower
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Alphabet Analysis
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Gamma | gh — guttural | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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Word in context
- word
PYR-gos
- sentence
Ê e-KEI-noi hoi de-ka-ok-TÔ eph hous E-pe-sen ho PYR-gos en tôi si-lo-AM kai a-PEK-tei-nen au-TOUS do-KEI-te HO-ti au-TOI o-phei-LE-tai e-GE-non-to pa-RA PAN-tas tous an-THRÔ-pous tous ka-toi-KOUN-tas ie-rou-sa-LÊM
Exegesis
Within this clause, epesen {ἔπεσεν | é-pe-sen} ‘fell’ has ho pyrgos {ὁ πύργος | ho pýr-gos} as its subject, with location marked by en tō Silōam {ἐν τῷ Σιλωὰμ | en tō Si-lō-am} ‘in Siloam’.
Root and etymology
pyrgospi–upsilon–rho–gamma–omicron–sigma
“tower, fortified structure”
In context — Luke 13:4
Or consider those eighteen upon whom the tower in Siloam fell and killed them: do you think they became debtors more than all the people dwelling in Jerusalem?
About this coordinate
Luke 13:4:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Luke 13:4, so the Greek word πύργος (pyrgos) 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.13.4.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Luke.13.4.W9.S1) and character.