Luke 15:26:2Luke.15.26.W2TAB
προσκαλεσάμενος
proskalesamenos
“having called”
- Transliteration
- pros-ka-le-SA-me-nos
- Extended
- prohs-kah-leh-SA-meh-nohs
- IPA
- /pros.ka.leˈsa.me.nos/
Meaning by language
- English
- having called
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 | |
| Kappa | k — as in kite | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| 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
pros-ka-le-SA-me-nos
- sentence
KAI pros-ka-le-SA-me-nos HE-na tôn PAI-dōn e-pyn-THA-ne-to TI AN EI-ê TAU-ta
Exegesis
The verse opens with the circumstantial participle proskalesamenos {προσκαλεσάμενος | proskalēsámenos} ‘having called to himself’, marking background action that precedes the main verb.
Root and etymology
kaleōkappa–alpha–lambda–epsilon–omega
“to call, summon”
In context — Luke 15:26
And he called one of the servants and was asking what these things might be.
About this coordinate
Luke 15:26:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Luke 15:26, so the Greek word προσκαλεσάμενος (proskalesamenos) 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.15.26.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Luke.15.26.W2.S1) and character.