Luke 14:18:2Luke.14.18.W2TAB
ἤρξαντο
êrksanto
“they began”
- Transliteration
- ÊR-ksan-to
- Extended
- air-KSAHN-toh
- IPA
- /ˈɛːr.ksan.to/
Meaning by language
- English
- they began
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Alphabet Analysis
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Xi | x — as in axiom (ks) | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) |
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Word in context
- word
ÊR-ksan-to
- 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 aorist middle ērxanto {ἤρξαντο | ḗrxanto} ‘they began’ takes the infinitive paraiteîsthai {παραιτεῖσθαι | paraiteîsthai} ‘to excuse themselves,’ signaling the group’s collective refusal.
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 14:18:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Luke 14:18, so the Greek word ἤρξαντο (êrksanto) 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.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Luke.14.18.W2.S1) and character.