Luke 16:3:11Luke.16.3.W11TAB

κύριός

kyrios

master

Transliteration
KY-ri-os
Extended
KY-ree-ohs
IPA
/ˈky.ri.os/

Meaning by language

English
master

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Result
κύ + ρι + ός
ky + ri + os
kyrios

Alphabet Analysis

Kappak — as in kite
Upsiloni — as in machine
Rhor — rolled r
Iotai — as in machine
Omicrono — as in omit (short)
Sigma (final)s — used only at end of words

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Word in context

  1. word

    KY-ri-os

  2. sentence

    EI-pen de en he-au-TO ho oi-ko-NO-mos TI poi-Ê-sō HO-ti ho KY-ri-os mou a-phai-REI-tai tēn oi-ko-no-MI-an ap e-MOU SKAP-tein ouk is-KHY-ō e-pai-TEIN ais-KHY-no-mai

Root and etymology

kyriosk-y-r-i-o-s

lord, master

In contextLuke 16:3

And the steward said to himself, “What am I to do? For my master is taking the stewardship away from me. I do not have strength to dig, and I feel shame to beg.”

About this coordinate

Luke 16:3:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Luke 16:3, so the Greek word κύριός (kyrios) 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.16.3.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Luke.16.3.W11.S1) and character.