Luke 15:25:7Luke.15.25.W7TAB
πρεσβύτερος
presbyteros
“older”
- Transliteration
- pres-BY-te-ros
- Extended
- prehss-BYh-teh-rohs
- IPA
- /presˈby.te.ros/
Meaning by language
- English
- older
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Beta | v — as in victory | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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The word
Word in context
- word
pres-BY-te-ros
- 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 appositional noun phrase ho huios autou ho presbýteros {ὁ υἱὸς αὐτοῦ ὁ πρεσβύτερος | ho huiós autoû ho presbýteros} uses repeated articles to specify “the son of him, the elder.”
Root and etymology
“elder, older”
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 15:25:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Luke 15:25, so the Greek word πρεσβύτερος (presbyteros) 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.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Luke.15.25.W7.S1) and character.