Luke 16:15:24Luke.16.15.W24TAB
βδέλυγμα
bdélygma
“an abomination”
- Transliteration
- BDÉ-lyg-ma
- Extended
- bdEH-lyhg-mah
- IPA
- /ˈbde.lyg.ma/
Meaning by language
- English
- an abomination
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Alphabet Analysis
| Beta | v — as in victory | |
| Delta | th — as in this | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Gamma | gh — guttural | |
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father |
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The word
Word in context
- word
BDÉ-lyg-ma
- sentence
KAI EI-pen au-TOIS hy-MEIS ES-te HOI di-kai-OU-ntes he-au-TOUS e-NÔ-pi-on TÔN an-THRÔ-pôn ho de the-OS gi-NÔ-skei tas kar-di-AS hy-MÔN HO-ti to en an-THRÔ-pois hy-psê-LON BDÉ-lyg-ma e-NÔ-pi-on tou the-OU
Exegesis
The conjunction hoti {ὅτι | hó-ti} begins a clause where to en anthropois hypsēlon {τὸ ἐν ἀνθρώποις ὑψηλὸν | tò en anth-rṓ-pois hup-sē-lòn} functions substantively as subject, paired with bdelygma {βδέλυγμα | bdé-lyg-ma} as predicate, and concluded by enōpion tou theou {ἐνώπιον τοῦ θεοῦ | e-nṓ-pi-on toû theoû} to underscore divine evaluation. This syntactic structure heightens the antithesis between human esteem and divine abhorrence.
Root and etymology
bdelyssōbeta–delta–epsilon–lambda–upsilon–sigma–sigma–omega
“to loathe, to abhor”
In context — Luke 16:15
And He said to them, “You are the ones who declare yourselves righteous before people, but God knows your hearts; for what is exalted among people is an abomination in the sight of God.”
About this coordinate
Luke 16:15:24 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 24 of Luke 16:15, so the Greek word βδέλυγμα (bdélygma) 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.16.15.W24, which extends further down to each syllable (Luke.16.15.W24.S1) and character.