Luke 15:25:17Luke.15.25.W17TAB
συμφωνίας
symphônias
“music”
- Transliteration
- sym-phô-NI-as
- Extended
- syhm-phôh-NI-ahs
- IPA
- /sym.pʰɔːˈni.as/
Meaning by language
- English
- music
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Alphabet Analysis
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Phi | ph — as in phone (f) | |
| Omega | o — same as omicron | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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Word in context
- word
sym-phô-NI-as
- sentence
EEN de ho hy-OS au-TOU ho pres-BY-te-ros en a-GRO KAI hôs er-KHO-me-nos ÊÊN-gis-en têi oi-KEE-ai ÊÊ-kou-sen sym-phô-NI-as KAI kho-RÔN
Exegesis
The subsequent aorist êkousen {ἤκουσεν | êkousen} ‘he heard’ takes the genitive pair symphōnías kai khōrôn {συμφωνίας καὶ χορῶν | symphōnías kaí khōrôn}, which functions as a hendiadys to portray a unified festive scene of sound and movement. In translation, the temporal construction with hôs is rendered as “as he came” in the formal version and as “As he came closer” in the dynamic version, while enggisen is expressed as “drew near” formally and “came closer” dynamically to convey the sense of approach.
Root and etymology
“agreement, harmony”
In context — Luke 15:25
Now his elder son was in the field, and as he came and drew near to the house, he heard music and dancing .
About this coordinate
Luke 15:25:17 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 17 of Luke 15:25, so the Greek word συμφωνίας (symphônias) 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.15.25.W17, which extends further down to each syllable (Luke.15.25.W17.S1) and character.