Luke 15:27:7Luke.15.27.W7TAB
ἀδελφός
adelphos
“brother”
- Transliteration
- a-del-PHOS
- Extended
- ah-del-PHOHS
- IPA
- /a.delˈpʰos/
Meaning by language
- English
- brother
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Delta | th — as in this | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Phi | ph — as in phone (f) | |
| 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
a-del-PHOS
- 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 conjunction hoti {ὅτι | hó-ti} introduces an indirect statement in which ho adelphos sou {Ὁ ἀδελφός σου | ho a-del-phós sou} functions as the nominative subject and hekei {ἥκει | hḗ-kei} asserts his arrival in a present tense with a resultant state nuance.
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 15:27:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Luke 15:27, so the Greek word ἀδελφός (adelphos) 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.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Luke.15.27.W7.S1) and character.