Luke 15:17:13Luke.15.17.W13TAB
ἐγὼ
egō
“I”
- Transliteration
- e-GŌ
- Extended
- eh-GOH
- IPA
- /eˈgɔː/
Meaning by language
- English
- I
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Alphabet Analysis
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Gamma | gh — guttural | |
| Omega | o — same as omicron |
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Word in context
- word
e-GŌ
- 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 contrasting clause egō de limō hōde apollymai {ἐγὼ δὲ λιμῷ ὧδε ἀπόλλυμαι | e-gṓ dè li-môi hô-de a-pól-ly-mai} ‘but I here am perishing with hunger’ uses the emphatic egō, the adverb hōde, and the present middle/passive verb apollymai to convey an ongoing state of ruin. The English rendering turns the participial construction into a temporal clause and preserves the rhetorical question to emphasize the stark contrast within the parable.
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 15:17:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of Luke 15:17, so the Greek word ἐγὼ (egō) 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.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (Luke.15.17.W13.S1) and character.