Luke 16:18:3Luke.16.18.W3TAB
ἀπολύων
apolyōn
“divorcing”
- Transliteration
- a-po-LY-ōn
- Extended
- ah-poh-LY-ohn
- IPA
- /a.poˈly.ɔːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- divorcing
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Omega | o — same as omicron | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
- word
a-po-LY-ōn
- 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
The Greek opens with the universal term pas {Πᾶς | pâs} ‘everyone’ functioning substantivally with ho {ὁ | ho} and the participle apolyon {ἀπολύων | a-po-lý-ōn} ‘divorcing’ to denote any man who legally ends his marriage.
Root and etymology
Rootalpha–pi–omicron–lambda–upsilon–omega
“to release, to send away”
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 16:18:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Luke 16:18, so the Greek word ἀπολύων (apolyōn) 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.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Luke.16.18.W3.S1) and character.