Luke 16:1:10Luke.16.1.W10TAB
πλούσιος
plousios
“rich”
- Transliteration
- PLOU-si-os
- Extended
- PLOU-sih-ohs
- IPA
- /ˈpluː.si.os/
Meaning by language
- English
- rich
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Alphabet Analysis
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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Word in context
- word
PLOU-si-os
- sentence
E-le-gen de KAI pros tous ma-thê-TAS AN-thrô-POS tis ÊN PLOU-si-os hos EI-khen oi-ko-NO-mon KAI HOU-tos di-e-BLÊ-thê au-TÔ hôs di-a-skor-PI-dzōn ta hy-PAR-khon-ta au-TOU
Exegesis
The introductory clause anthropos tis ēn plousios {Ἄνθρωπός τις ἦν πλούσιος | Án-thrō-pos tis ḗn ploú-si-os} introduces ‘a certain rich man,’ with the imperfect ēn implying continuous possession.
Root and etymology
ploutosploû-tos
“wealth, riches”
In context — Luke 16:1
And He addressed the disciples: “A certain rich man had a steward, and this steward was reported to him as wasting his possessions .”
About this coordinate
Luke 16:1:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Luke 16:1, so the Greek word πλούσιος (plousios) 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.16.1.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Luke.16.1.W10.S1) and character.