Luke 16:14:7Luke.16.14.W7TAB

φιλάργυροι

philargyroi

lovers of money

Transliteration
phi-LAR-gy-roi
Extended
phih-LAHR-gy-roi
IPA
/pʰiˈlar.gy.roi/

Meaning by language

English
lovers of money

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Result
φι + λάρ + γυ + ροι
phi + lar + gy + roi
philargyroi

Alphabet Analysis

Phiph — as in phone (f)
Iotai — as in machine
Lambdal — as in law
Alphaah — as in father
Rhor — rolled r
Gammagh — guttural
Upsiloni — as in machine
Rhor — rolled r
Omicrono — as in omit (short)
Iotai — as in machine

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Word in context

  1. word

    phi-LAR-gy-roi

  2. sentence

    Ê-kou-on DE TAU-ta PAN-ta hoi pha-ri-SA-oi phi-LAR-gy-roi hy-PAR-khon-tes KAI ek-se-my-KTÊ-ri-dzon au-TON

Exegesis

The nominative subject hoi Pharisaioi {οἱ Φαρισαῖοι | hoi Pha-ri-saî-oi} is qualified by the participial description philargyroi hyparchontes {φιλάργυροι ὑπάρχοντες | phi-lár-gyu-roi hy-pár-chon-tes}, indicating their ingrained love of wealth.

Root and etymology

philargyrosphi–iota–lambda–alpha–rho–gamma–upsilon–rho–omicron–sigma

loving money

In contextLuke 16:14

Now the Pharisees, being lovers of money , heard all these things and sneered at Him .

About this coordinate

Luke 16:14:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Luke 16:14, so the Greek word φιλάργυροι (philargyroi) 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.16.14.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Luke.16.14.W7.S1) and character.