Luke 15:16:10Luke.15.16.W10TAB

ὧν

hôn

which

Transliteration
hôn
Extended
hohn
IPA
/hɔːn/

Meaning by language

English
which

Alphabet Analysis

Omegao — same as omicron
Nun — as in new

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Word in context

  1. word

    hôn

  2. sentence

    KAI e-pe-THY-mei ge-MI-sai tên koi-LI-an au-TOU a-PO tôn ke-ra-TI-ōn hôn ÊS-thi-on hoi KHOI-roi KAI ou-de-IS e-DI-dou au-TÔ

Exegesis

The relative clause hon esthion hoi khoiroi {ὧν ἤσθιον οἱ χοῖροι | hṓn ḗsthion hoî khoîroi} portrays the ongoing action of the pods’ consumption by the pigs, with the relative pronoun as object and hoi khoiroi as subject, heightening the contrast between the son’s condition and the animals’ freedom.

Root and etymology

keraskappa–epsilon–rho–alpha–sigma

horn, pod

In contextLuke 15:16

And he was longing to fill his belly with the pods which the pigs were eating, and no one was giving him anything.

About this coordinate

Luke 15:16:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Luke 15:16, so the Greek word ὧν (hôn) 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.15.16.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Luke.15.16.W10.S1) and character.