Luke 14:32:8Luke.14.32.W8TAB
πρεσβείαν
presbeian
“a delegation”
- Transliteration
- pres-BEI-an
- Extended
- prehss-BEI-ahn
- IPA
- /presˈbei.an/
Meaning by language
- English
- a delegation
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Alphabet Analysis
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Beta | v — as in victory | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
- word
pres-BEI-an
- sentence
ei de MÊ-ge E-ti au-TOU POR-rhô ON-tos pres-BEI-an a-po-STEI-las e-rô-TAI ta pros ei-RÊ-nên
Exegesis
The participial phrase presbeian aposteilas {πρεσβείαν ἀποστείλας | pres-bei-án a-pos-tei-lás} expresses prior diplomatic action (“having sent a delegation”) before the main verb erōta {ἐρωτᾷ | er-ō-tā}, which takes the idiomatic object ta pros eirēnēn {τὰ πρὸς εἰρήνην | tà pròs ei-rē-nēn}, literally “the things toward peace,” rendered “terms of peace.” In translation, the genitive absolute becomes a temporal subordinate clause, and the participle is rendered as a finite form to maintain clear sequence of event timing.
Root and etymology
presbuspres-bu-s
“elder, envoy”
In context — Luke 14:32
If not, while he is still far off, having sent a delegation , he asks for terms of peace .
About this coordinate
Luke 14:32:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Luke 14:32, so the Greek word πρεσβείαν (presbeian) 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.14.32.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Luke.14.32.W8.S1) and character.