Luke 14:23:9Luke.14.23.W9TAB
εἰς
eis
“into”
- Transliteration
- eis
- Extended
- eis
- IPA
- /eis/
Meaning by language
- English
- into
Alphabet Analysis
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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Word in context
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eis
- sentence
KAI EI-pen ho KY-ree-os pros ton DOU-lon EK-sel-the eis tas ho-DOUS KAI phrag-MOUS KAI a-NAN-ga-son ei-sel-THEIN HI-na ge-mis-THEI mou ho OI-kos
Exegesis
The spatial prepositional phrases eis tas hodous {εἰς τὰς ὁδοὺς | eis tàs ho-doùs} ‘into the roads’ and phragmous {φραγμοὺς | phrag-moùs} ‘hedges’ extend the invitation area from public thoroughfares to marginal boundaries.
Root and etymology
strephosigma–tau–rho–epsilon–phi–omega
“to turn, change direction”
In context — Luke 14:23
And the Lord said to the servant, “Go out into the roads and hedges, and compel them to come in, so that my house may be filled.”
About this coordinate
Luke 14:23:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Luke 14:23, so the Greek word εἰς (eis) 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.14.23.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Luke.14.23.W9.S1) and character.