Luke 15:2:13Luke.15.2.W13TAB
προσδέχεται
prosdekhetai
“receives”
- Transliteration
- pros-DE-khe-tai
- Extended
- prohs-DEH-kheh-tai
- IPA
- /prosˈde.kʰe.tai/
Meaning by language
- English
- receives
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Delta | th — as in this | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Chi | h/kh — like Bach | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Iota | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
- word
pros-DE-khe-tai
- sentence
KAI di-e-GONG-gy-zon HOI te pha-ri-SA-oi KAI HOI gram-ma-TEIS LE-gon-tes HO-ti HOU-tos ha-mar-tō-LOUS pros-DE-khe-tai KAI sy-nes-THI-ei au-TOIS
Exegesis
The accusative hamartolous {ἁμαρτωλοὺς | ha-mar-tō-lous} marks sinners as the direct object of prosdechetai {προσδέχεται | pros-dé-khe-tai}, a middle-voice verb highlighting personal reception.
The coordinated verbs prosdechetai kai synesthiei {προσδέχεται καὶ συνεσθίει | pros-dé-khe-tai kaí sy-nes-thí-ei} form a vivid portrayal of ongoing hospitality, with the dative autois {αὐτοῖς | au-toîs} specifying the beneficiaries of “eating with.”
Root and etymology
dechomaidelta–epsilon–chi–omicron–mu–alpha–iota
“to receive, welcome”
In context — Luke 15:2
And the Pharisees and the scribes were murmuring , saying, “This man welcomes sinners and eats alongside them.”
About this coordinate
Luke 15:2:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of Luke 15:2, so the Greek word προσδέχεται (prosdekhetai) 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.15.2.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (Luke.15.2.W13.S1) and character.