Luke 15:16:11Luke.15.16.W11TAB
ἤσθιον
êsthion
“were eating”
- Transliteration
- ÊS-thi-on
- Extended
- êhs-thih-ohn
- IPA
- /ˈɛːs.tʰi.on/
Meaning by language
- English
- were eating
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Alphabet Analysis
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Theta | th — as in thin | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
- word
ÊS-thi-on
- 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.
In context — Luke 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 15:16:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Luke 15:16, so the Greek word ἤσθιον (êsthion) 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.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Luke.15.16.W11.S1) and character.