Luke 16:28:18Luke.16.28.W18TAB
βασάνου
basanou
“torment”
- Transliteration
- ba-SA-nou
- Extended
- bah-SA-noo
- IPA
- /baˈsa.nuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- torment
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Alphabet Analysis
| Beta | v — as in victory | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ba-SA-nou
- sentence
E-kho gar PEN-te a-del-PHOUS HO-pos di-a-mar-TY-ray-tai au-TOIS HI-na mê KAI au-TOI EL-thô-sin eis ton TO-pon TOU-ton tês ba-SA-nou
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase eis ton topon touton {εἰς τὸν τόπον τοῦτον | eis tòn tó-pon toû-ton} ‘into this place’ specifies the goal, and the descriptive genitive tēs basanou {τῆς βασάνου | tēs ba-sá-nou} ‘of torment’ defines its character. The layered double-purpose structure underscores the speaker’s strategy to secure a solemn warning that will prevent his brothers from suffering the same fate.
Root and etymology
basanosbeta–alpha–sigma–alpha–nu–omicron–sigma
“touchstone, severe test, torment”
In context — Luke 16:28
For I have five brothers, so that he may testify to them, so that they also may not come into this place of torment .
About this coordinate
Luke 16:28:18 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 18 of Luke 16:28, so the Greek word βασάνου (basanou) 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.16.28.W18, which extends further down to each syllable (Luke.16.28.W18.S1) and character.