Luke 14:20:5Luke.14.20.W5TAB
ἔγημα
egêma
“I married”
- Transliteration
- E-gê-ma
- Extended
- EH-gay-mah
- IPA
- /ˈe.gɛː.ma/
Meaning by language
- English
- I married
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Alphabet Analysis
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Gamma | gh — guttural | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father |
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The word
Word in context
- word
E-gê-ma
- sentence
KAI HE-te-ros EI-pen gy-NAI-ka E-gê-ma KAI di-A TOU-to ou DY-na-mai el-THEIN
Exegesis
In his statement, the accusative noun gynaika {Γυναῖκα | gynaî-ka} ‘wife’ precedes the aorist indicative egema {ἔγημα | é-gē-ma} ‘I married,’ which foregrounds the completed action as the basis for refusal.
Root and etymology
gameōgamma–alpha–mu–epsilon–omega
“to marry”
In context — Luke 14:20
And another declared, “I have taken a wife , and for this reason I am not able to come.”
About this coordinate
Luke 14:20:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Luke 14:20, so the Greek word ἔγημα (egêma) 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.14.20.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Luke.14.20.W5.S1) and character.