Luke 16:20:1Luke.16.20.W1TAB
πτωχὸς
ptōkhos
“a poor man”
- Transliteration
- ptō-KHOS
- Extended
- ptôh-KHOHS
- IPA
- /ptɔˈkʰos/
Meaning by language
- English
- a poor man
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Omega | o — same as omicron | |
| Chi | h/kh — like Bach | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ptō-KHOS
- sentence
ptō-KHOS DE tis o-NO-ma-ti LA-dza-ros e-BE-blē-to pros ton py-LÔ-na au-TOU heil-kō-ME-nos
Exegesis
The verse begins with ptochos {πτωχὸς | ptōkhós} ‘poor’ placed first to foreground Lazarus’s destitution.
Root and etymology
ptoch-pi–tau–omicron–chi
“extremely poor, destitute”
In context — Luke 16:20
And a certain poor man named Lazarus was laid at his gate, covered with sores .
About this coordinate
Luke 16:20:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Luke 16:20, so the Greek word πτωχὸς (ptōkhos) 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.16.20.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Luke.16.20.W1.S1) and character.