Luke 15:12:18Luke.15.12.W18TAB
διεῖλεν
dieilen
“divided”
- Transliteration
- di-EI-len
- Extended
- dee-AY-len
- IPA
- /diˈiː.len/
Meaning by language
- English
- divided
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Alphabet Analysis
| Delta | th — as in this | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
- word
di-EI-len
- sentence
KAI EI-pen ho ne-O-te-ros au-TÔN tôi pa-TRI PA-ter DOS MOI to e-pi-BAL-lon ME-ros tês ou-SI-as ho de di-EI-len au-TOIS ton BI-on
Exegesis
The transition ho dè {ὁ δὲ | ho dè}, often rendered ‘then’, introduces a contrasted action, and the aorist dieîlen {διεῖλεν | di-eî-len} ‘he divided’ takes autoîs {αὐτοῖς | au-toîs} ‘to them’ and tòn bíon {τὸν βίον | tòn bí-on} ‘the livelihood’ to describe the distribution of the father’s means between his sons.
In context — Luke 15:12
And the younger of them said to his father, “Father, give me the portion of the estate that is coming to me.” Then he divided his livelihood among them.
About this coordinate
Luke 15:12:18 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 18 of Luke 15:12, so the Greek word διεῖλεν (dieilen) 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.15.12.W18, which extends further down to each syllable (Luke.15.12.W18.S1) and character.