Luke 16:21:7Luke.16.21.W7TAB
ἀπὸ
apo
“from”
- Transliteration
- a-PO
- Extended
- ah-POH
- IPA
- /aˈpo/
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Alphabet Analysis
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) |
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Word in context
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a-PO
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KAI e-pi-thy-MÔN khor-tas-THÊ-nai a-PO tÔN pip-TON-tōn a-PO tÊS tra-PE-zês TOU plou-SI-ou al-LA KAI hoi KY-nes er-KHO-me-noi e-PE-lei-khon TA HEL-kê au-TOU
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase apo tôn piptontōn {ἀπὸ τῶν πιπτόντων | a-pò tôn pi-ptón-tōn} uses a genitive articular participle to substantivize what was available, while the following phrase apo tês trapezēs tou plousiou {ἀπὸ τῆς τραπέζης τοῦ πλουσίου | a-pò tês tra-pé-zēs toû ploû-sí-ou} combines source and possession genitives to situate the food at the rich man’s table.
Root and etymology
Rootalpha–pi–omicron–lambda–upsilon–omega
“to release, to send away”
In context — Luke 16:21
And he was longing to be fed from the crumbs that fell from the rich man’s table; but even the dogs came and were licking his sores .
About this coordinate
Luke 16:21:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Luke 16:21, so the Greek word ἀπὸ (apo) 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.16.21.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Luke.16.21.W7.S1) and character.