Luke 15:14:7Luke.15.14.W7TAB

ἰσχυρὰ

iskhyra

severe

Transliteration
is-khy-RA
Extended
ihs-khy-RAH
IPA
/is.kʰyˈra/

Meaning by language

English
severe

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Result
ἰσ + χυ + ρὰ
is + khy + ra
iskhyra

Alphabet Analysis

Iotai — as in machine
Sigmas — as in sit
Chih/kh — like Bach
Upsiloni — as in machine
Rhor — rolled r
Alphaah — as in father

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Word in context

  1. word

    is-khy-RA

  2. 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.

In contextLuke 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 15:14:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Luke 15:14, so the Greek word ἰσχυρὰ (iskhyra) 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.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Luke.15.14.W7.S1) and character.