Luke 15:13:4Luke.15.13.W4TAB
πολλὰς
pollas
“many”
- Transliteration
- pol-LAS
- Extended
- pohl-LAHS
- IPA
- /polˈlas/
Meaning by language
- English
- many
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Alphabet Analysis
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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Word in context
- word
pol-LAS
- 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
to the preceding parable, while the temporal phrase metʼ ou pollàs hēméras {μετʼ οὐ πολλὰς ἡμέρας | met’ ou pollàs hēméras} ‘not many days later’ indicates a brief interval.
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 15:13:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Luke 15:13, so the Greek word πολλὰς (pollas) 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.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Luke.15.13.W4.S1) and character.