Luke 15:14:6Luke.15.14.W6TAB
λιμὸς
leemos
“a famine”
- Transliteration
- lee-MOS
- Extended
- lih-MOHS
- IPA
- /liˈmos/
Meaning by language
- English
- a famine
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Alphabet Analysis
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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Word in context
- word
lee-MOS
- sentence
da-pa-NEE-san-tos de au-TOU PAN-ta e-GHE-ne-to lee-MOS is-khy-RA ka-TA tên KHŌ-ran e-KEI-nên kai au-TOS ÊRX-a-to hy-ste-REIS-thai
Exegesis
The principal verb egeneto {ἐγένετο | egéneto} ‘there arose’ introduces the crisis, with the noun phrase limos ischyrá {λιμὸς ἰσχυρὰ | limós ischyrá} ‘a severe famine’ as its subject, the adjective following the noun to intensify the situation.
Root and etymology
limóslambda–iota–mu–omicron–sigma
“hunger, famine”
In context — Luke 15:14
But when he had spent all , a severe famine came upon that land, and he began to be in need.
About this coordinate
Luke 15:14:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Luke 15:14, so the Greek word λιμὸς (leemos) 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.15.14.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Luke.15.14.W6.S1) and character.