Luke 15:6:11Luke.15.6.W11TAB
γείτονας
geitonas
“neighbors”
- Transliteration
- GEI-to-nas
- Extended
- GEI-toh-nahs
- IPA
- /ˈɡei.to.nas/
Meaning by language
- English
- neighbors
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Gamma | gh — guttural | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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Word in context
- word
GEI-to-nas
- sentence
KAI el-THÔN EIS ton OI-kon syn-ga-la-LEI tous PHI-lous KAI tous GEI-to-nas LE-gōn au-TOIS syn-KHA-rê-TE moi HO-ti HEU-ron to PRO-ba-ton mou to a-po-lō-LOS
Exegesis
The verb synkalei {συγκαλεῖ | syn-ka-leî} ‘call together’ vividly portrays assembling the coordinated accusatives tous philous kai tous geitonas {τοὺς φίλους καὶ τοὺς γείτονας | toús phí-lous kaí geí-to-nas} ‘the friends and the neighbors’.
In context — Luke 15:6
And when he enters his house , he gathers his friends and neighbors and says to them, “Rejoice with me, because I have found my sheep that was lost.”
About this coordinate
Luke 15:6:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Luke 15:6, so the Greek word γείτονας (geitonas) 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.15.6.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Luke.15.6.W11.S1) and character.