Luke 15:13:14Luke.15.13.W14TAB
μακράν
makran
“far”
- Transliteration
- ma-KRAN
- Extended
- mah-KRAHN
- IPA
- /maˈkran/
Meaning by language
- English
- far
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Alphabet Analysis
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Kappa | k — as in kite | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
- word
ma-KRAN
- 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 prepositional phrase eis chṓran makrán {εἰς χώραν μακράν | eis chṓran makrán} stresses spatial and relational separation.
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 15:13:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of Luke 15:13, so the Greek word μακράν (makran) 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.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (Luke.15.13.W14.S1) and character.