Luke 14:18:8Luke.14.18.W8TAB
πρῶτος
prôtos
“first”
- Transliteration
- PRÔ-tos
- Extended
- PROH-tohs
- IPA
- /ˈprɔː.tos/
Meaning by language
- English
- first
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Alphabet Analysis
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Omega | o — same as omicron | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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Word in context
- word
PRÔ-tos
- 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 nominative ho prôtos {ὁ πρῶτος | ho prôtos} ‘the first’ shifts focus to the initial excuse.
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 14:18:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Luke 14:18, so the Greek word πρῶτος (prôtos) 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.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Luke.14.18.W8.S1) and character.