Luke 16:18:17Luke.16.18.W17TAB
μοιχεύει
moikheuei
“commits adultery”
- Transliteration
- moi-KHEU-ei
- Extended
- moi-KHEH-oo-ei
- IPA
- /moiˈkʰeu.ei/
Meaning by language
- English
- commits adultery
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Alphabet Analysis
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Chi | h/kh — like Bach | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Iota | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
- word
moi-KHEU-ei
- sentence
PAS ho a-po-LY-ōn tên gy-NAI-ka au-TOU KAI ga-MŌN he-TE-ran moi-KHEU-ei KAI ho a-po-le-ly-ME-nēn a-PO an-DROS ga-MŌN moi-KHEU-ei
Exegesis
In each clause the verb moicheuei {μοιχεύει | moi-khéu-ei} ‘commits adultery’ appears as the main predicate after the participial description, delivering a repeated judicial verdict.
In context — Luke 16:18
Everyone who divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery , and whoever marries a woman who has been divorced from her husband commits adultery.
About this coordinate
Luke 16:18:17 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 17 of Luke 16:18, so the Greek word μοιχεύει (moikheuei) 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.16.18.W17, which extends further down to each syllable (Luke.16.18.W17.S1) and character.