Luke 15:17:11Luke.15.17.W11TAB
περισσεύονται
perisseuontai
“abound”
- Transliteration
- pe-ris-SEU-on-tai
- Extended
- peh-ris-SEU-ohnt-ai
- IPA
- /pe.risˈseu.on.tai/
Meaning by language
- English
- abound
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Alphabet Analysis
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Iota | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
- word
pe-ris-SEU-on-tai
- sentence
eis he-au-TON de el-THON E-phê PO-soi MIS-thi-oi tou pa-TROS mou pe-ris-SEU-on-tai AR-tōn e-GŌ de li-MÔ HÔ-de a-POL-ly-mai
Exegesis
The verb perisseuontai {περισσεύονται | per-is-seú-on-tai} ‘abound’ takes a genitive of quantity arton {ἄρτων | ár-tōn} ‘of bread’ to express surplus.
In context — Luke 15:17
But when he came to himself, he said, “How many of my father's hired servants have bread in abundance, and here I am perishing with hunger !”
About this coordinate
Luke 15:17:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Luke 15:17, so the Greek word περισσεύονται (perisseuontai) 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.15.17.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Luke.15.17.W11.S1) and character.