Luke 14:16:12Luke.14.16.W12TAB
πολλούς
pollous
“many”
- Transliteration
- pol-LOUS
- Extended
- pohl-LOOHS
- IPA
- /polˈluːs/
Meaning by language
- English
- many
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Alphabet Analysis
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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Word in context
- word
pol-LOUS
- sentence
ho de EI-pen au-TOI AN-thrô-POS tis e-POI-ei DEIP-non ME-ga KAI e-KA-le-sen pol-LOUS
Exegesis
The coordinating kai shifts to the aorist ekalesen {ἐκάλεσεν | e-ká-le-sen} to denote the completed act of inviting, with pollous {πολλούς | pol-loús} functioning substantivally as “many people.” This sequence of imperfect followed by aorist underscores first the extended preparation and then the decisive invitation, a structure preserved by rendering epoiei as “was making” in the formal and “was preparing” in the dynamic, and ekalesen as “invited.”
In context — Luke 14:16
But He said to him, “A certain man was making a great supper and invited many.”
About this coordinate
Luke 14:16:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Luke 14:16, so the Greek word πολλούς (pollous) 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.14.16.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Luke.14.16.W12.S1) and character.