Luke 14:26:17Luke.14.26.W17TAB
γυναῖκα
gynaika
“wife”
- Transliteration
- gy-NAI-ka
- Extended
- gyoo-NAI-kah
- IPA
- /gyˈnai.ka/
Meaning by language
- English
- wife
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Gamma | gh — guttural | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Kappa | k — as in kite | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father |
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The word
Word in context
- word
gy-NAI-ka
- sentence
EI tis ER-khe-tai PROS me KAI ou mi-SEI ton pa-TE-ra he-au-TOU KAI tên mê-TE-ra KAI tên gy-NAI-ka KAI ta TEK-na KAI tous a-del-PHOUS KAI tas a-del-PHAS E-ti te KAI tên psy-KHÊN he-au-TOU ou DY-na-tai ei-NAI mou ma-thê-TÊS
Exegesis
This verb governs a series of coordinated accusatives—ton patera {τὸν πατέρα | tὸn pa-té-ra}, ten metera {τὴν μητέρα | tḕn mē-té-ra}, ten gunaika {τὴν γυναῖκα | tḕn gu-nâi-ka}, ta tekna {τὰ τέκνα | tà té-kna}, tous adelphous {τοὺς ἀδελφοὺς | toùs a-del-phoùs}, tas adelphas {τὰς ἀδελφάς | tàs a-del-phás}—culminating with the emphatic adverbial phrase eti te kai ten psuchēn heautou {ἔτι τε καὶ τὴν ψυχὴν ἑαυτοῦ | é-ti te kaí tḕn psu-khḕn he-au-toû} ‘yes, even the soul of himself’.
Root and etymology
gynegamma–upsilon–nu–eta
“woman, wife”
In context — Luke 14:26
If someone draws near to Me yet does not hate his own father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters—yes, even his very life—he cannot be My disciple .
About this coordinate
Luke 14:26:17 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 17 of Luke 14:26, so the Greek word γυναῖκα (gynaika) 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.14.26.W17, which extends further down to each syllable (Luke.14.26.W17.S1) and character.