Luke 15:27:2Luke.15.27.W2TAB
δὲ
de
“but”
- Transliteration
- de
- Extended
- deh
- IPA
- /de/
Meaning by language
- English
- but
Alphabet Analysis
| Delta | th — as in this | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) |
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Word in context
- word
de
- sentence
ho de EI-pen au-TOI HO-ti ho a-del-PHOS sou HÊ-kei kai E-thy-sen ho pa-TÊR sou ton MOS-khon ton si-teu-TON HO-ti hy-gi-AI-non-ta au-TON a-PE-la-ben
Exegesis
The verse begins with the particle de {δὲ | dè} linking the remark to the preceding dialogue, followed by the aorist verb eipen {εἶπεν | eî-pen} ‘said’ with autō {αὐτῷ | au-tṓ} as the dative indirect object.
Root and etymology
adelphosalpha–delta–epsilon–lambda–phi–omicron–sigma
“brother, one sharing the same womb”
In context — Luke 15:27
But he said to him, “Your brother has come, and your father has sacrificed the fattened calf , because he has received him back safe and sound .”
About this coordinate
Luke 15:27:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Luke 15:27, so the Greek word δὲ (de) 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.15.27.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Luke.15.27.W2.S1) and character.