Luke 16:24:23Luke.16.24.W23TAB
γλῶσσάν
glôssan
“tongue”
- Transliteration
- GLÔS-san
- Extended
- GLOHS-sahn
- IPA
- /glɔːsˈsan/
Meaning by language
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Alphabet Analysis
| Gamma | gh — guttural | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Omega | o — same as omicron | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
- word
GLÔS-san
- sentence
KAI au-TOS phō-NÊ-sas EI-pen PA-ter a-bra-AM e-LÊ-ē-son me KAI PEMP-son LA-dza-ron HI-na BAP-sē to A-kron tou dak-TY-lou au-TOU HY-da-tos KAI ka-ta-PSY-ksē tēn GLÔS-san mou HO-ti o-dy-NÔ-mai en têi phlo-GI TAU-têi
Exegesis
The purpose clause introduced by hina {ἵνα | hí-na} with the aorist subjunctives bapsē {βάψῃ | bá-psē} ‘may dip’ and katapsyxē {καταψύξῃ | ka-ta-psý-xē} ‘may cool’ structures the desired relief, with the genitives tou daktulou autou {τοῦ δακτύλου αὐτοῦ | toû dak-tý-lou au-tû} ‘of his finger’ and hydatos {ὕδατος | hý-da-tos} ‘of water’ specifying means, and the accusative glōssan mou {γλῶσσάν μου | glô-ssan mou} ‘my tongue’ marking the object.
In context — Luke 16:24
And he cried out, “Father Abraham , have mercy on me and send Lazarus so that he may dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue, for I am tormented in this flame.”
About this coordinate
Luke 16:24:23 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 23 of Luke 16:24, so the Greek word γλῶσσάν (glôssan) 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.16.24.W23, which extends further down to each syllable (Luke.16.24.W23.S1) and character.