Luke 16:20:11Luke.16.20.W11TAB
εἱλκωμένος
heilkōmenos
“having sores”
- Transliteration
- heil-kō-ME-nos
- Extended
- hehl-koh-MEH-nohs
- IPA
- /heil.kɔːˈme.nos/
Meaning by language
- English
- having sores
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Kappa | k — as in kite | |
| Omega | o — same as omicron | |
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| 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
heil-kō-ME-nos
- 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 perfect passive participle heilkōmenos {εἱλκωμένος | heil-kō-mé-nos} functions circumstantially to describe a continued condition of being covered with sores, intensifying his misery.
Root and etymology
helk-epsilon–lambda–kappa
“wound; sore”
In context — Luke 16:20
And a certain poor man named Lazarus was laid at his gate, covered with sores .
About this coordinate
Luke 16:20:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Luke 16:20, so the Greek word εἱλκωμένος (heilkōmenos) 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.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Luke.16.20.W11.S1) and character.