Luke 15:13:11Luke.15.13.W11TAB
ἀπεδήμησεν
apedêmêsen
“departed”
- Transliteration
- a-pe-DÊ-mê-sen
- Extended
- ah-peh-DAY-meh-sehn
- IPA
- /a.peˈdɛː.mɛː.sen/
Meaning by language
- English
- departed
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Alphabet Analysis
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Delta | th — as in this | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
- word
a-pe-DÊ-mê-sen
- sentence
KAI met ou pol-LAS hê-ME-ras sy-na-ga-GŌN PAN-ta ho ne-Ō-te-ros hy-OS a-pe-DÊ-mê-sen eis KHŌ-ran ma-KRAN KAI e-KEI di-es-KOR-pi-sen tên ou-SI-an au-TOU DZŌN a-SŌ-tōs
Exegesis
The aorist participle synagagṓn {συναγαγὼν | synagagṓn} is adverbial, marking the prerequisite action of assembling possessions before the main verb apedḗmēsen {ἀπεδήμησεν | apedḗmēsen} ‘departed’, which in the aorist indicative emphasizes the completed decisive movement.
In context — Luke 15:13
And a short time later, the younger son gathered together all things and departed to a distant country, and there he squandered his substance by living recklessly .
About this coordinate
Luke 15:13:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Luke 15:13, so the Greek word ἀπεδήμησεν (apedêmêsen) 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.15.13.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Luke.15.13.W11.S1) and character.