Luke 15:6:17Luke.15.6.W17TAB
εὗρον
heuron
“I found”
- Transliteration
- HEU-ron
- Extended
- HEU-rohn
- IPA
- /ˈheu.ron/
Meaning by language
- English
- I found
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Alphabet Analysis
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
- word
HEU-ron
- 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 conjunction hoti {ὅτι | hó-ti} ‘because’ points to the aorist heuron {εὗρον | heû-ron} ‘I found’, emphasizing completed recovery.
Root and etymology
heuriskōepsilon–upsilon–rho–iota–sigma–kappa–omega
“to find, discover”
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 15:6:17 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 17 of Luke 15:6, so the Greek word εὗρον (heuron) 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.W17, which extends further down to each syllable (Luke.15.6.W17.S1) and character.