Luke 16:22:20Luke.16.22.W20TAB
πλούσιος
plousios
“rich man”
- Transliteration
- PLOU-si-os
- Extended
- PLOU-see-ohs
- IPA
- /ˈpluː.si.os/
Meaning by language
- English
- rich man
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Alphabet Analysis
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| 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
PLOU-si-os
- sentence
e-GHE-ne-to de a-po-tha-NEIN ton ptō-KHON KAI a-pe-nekh-THÊ-nai au-TON hy-PO tōn an-GE-lōn eis ton KOL-pon a-bra-AM a-PE-tha-nen de KAI ho PLOU-si-os KAI e-TA-phē
Exegesis
The next clause ἀπέθανεν δὲ καὶ ὁ πλούσιος {ἀπέθανεν δὲ καὶ ὁ πλούσιος | a-pé-tha-nen dè kaí hó ploú-si-os} parallels the poor man’s death without angelic mention.
Root and etymology
Rootploutos
“wealth, riches”
In context — Luke 16:22
And it came about that the poor man died, and the angels carried him away into Abraham’s bosom ; and the rich man also died and was buried.
About this coordinate
Luke 16:22:20 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 20 of Luke 16:22, so the Greek word πλούσιος (plousios) 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.16.22.W20, which extends further down to each syllable (Luke.16.22.W20.S1) and character.