Luke 14:8:6Luke.14.8.W6TAB
γάμους
gamous
“weddings”
- Transliteration
- GA-mous
- Extended
- GAH-moos
- IPA
- /ˈga.mus/
Meaning by language
- English
- weddings
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Alphabet Analysis
| Gamma | gh — guttural | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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Word in context
- word
GA-mous
- sentence
HO-tan klê-THÊS hy-PO TI-nos eis GA-mous mê ka-ta-kli-THÊS eis tên prô-to-kli-SI-an MÊ-po-te en-ti-MO-te-ros sou êi ke-klê-ME-nos hyp au-TOU
Exegesis
The phrase eis gamous {εἰς γάμους | eis gámous} ‘into wedding feasts’ situates the scenario in a social banquet setting.
In context — Luke 14:8
Whenever someone invites you to a wedding feast, avoid reclining at the place of highest honor , lest someone more honorable than you may have been invited by him.
About this coordinate
Luke 14:8:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Luke 14:8, so the Greek word γάμους (gamous) 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.14.8.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Luke.14.8.W6.S1) and character.