Luke 14:1:15Luke.14.1.W15TAB

φαγεῖν

phagein

to eat

Transliteration
pha-GEIN
Extended
phah-GEIN
IPA
/pʰaˈgeːn/

Meaning by language

English
to eat

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Result
φα + γεῖν
pha + gein
phagein

Alphabet Analysis

Phiph — as in phone (f)
Alphaah — as in father
Gammagh — guttural
Epsilone — as in met (short)
Iotai — as in machine
Nun — as in new

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Word in context

  1. word

    pha-GEIN

  2. sentence

    KAI e-GE-ne-to en tôi el-THEIN au-TON eis OI-KON TI-nos tôn ar-KHON-tôn tôn pha-ri-SA-iôn sab-BA-tôi pha-GEIN AR-ton KAI au-TOI Ê-san pa-ra-tê-ROU-me-noi au-TON

Exegesis

The dative sabbatō {σαββάτῳ | sab-bá-tō} sets the time ‘on a Sabbath’, and the infinitive phagein arton {φαγεῖν ἄρτον | pha-geîn ár-ton} expresses purpose ‘to eat bread’.

In contextLuke 14:1

Now it happened that, when He entered the house of one of the rulers of the Pharisees to eat bread on the Sabbath, they were observing Him.

About this coordinate

Luke 14:1:15 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 15 of Luke 14:1, so the Greek word φαγεῖν (phagein) 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.14.1.W15, which extends further down to each syllable (Luke.14.1.W15.S1) and character.