Luke 14:18:15Luke.14.18.W15TAB
ἀνάγκην
anaŋkên
“necessity”
- Transliteration
- a-NAŋ-kên
- Extended
- ah-NAHNG-kayn
- IPA
- /aˈnaŋ.gkɛːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- necessity
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Alphabet Analysis
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Gamma | gh — guttural | |
| Kappa | k — as in kite | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
- word
a-NAŋ-kên
- sentence
KAI ÊR-ksan-to a-PO mi-AS PAN-tes pa-rai-TEIS-thai ho PRÔ-tos EI-pen au-TÔI a-GRON ê-GO-ra-sa KAI E-khō a-NAŋ-kên ek-sel-THÔN i-DEIN au-TON e-rō-TÔ se E-khe me pa-rêi-tê-ME-non
Exegesis
The construction kaí ékhō anánkēn {καὶ ἔχω ἀνάγκην | kaí ékhō anánkēn} ‘and I have a necessity’ stresses ongoing compulsion, with the participial phrase exelthṓn ideîn autón {ἐξελθὼν ἰδεῖν αὐτόν | exelthṓn ideîn autón} indicating purpose ‘to go out and see it.’
Root and etymology
anagkēalpha–nu–alpha–gamma–kappa–eta
“necessity, compulsion”
In context — Luke 14:18
And they all began at once to excuse themselves. The first said to him, “I have bought a field, and I must go out to see it; I ask you, consider me excused .”
About this coordinate
Luke 14:18:15 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 15 of Luke 14:18, so the Greek word ἀνάγκην (anaŋkên) 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.14.18.W15, which extends further down to each syllable (Luke.14.18.W15.S1) and character.