Luke 16:30:7Luke.16.30.W7TAB
ἀλλʼ
al
“but”
- Transliteration
- al
- Extended
- ahl
- IPA
- /al/
Meaning by language
- English
- but
Alphabet Analysis
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Lambda | l — as in law |
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Word in context
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al
- sentence
ho de EI-pen ou-KHEE PA-ter a-bra-AM al e-AN tis a-PO ne-KRÔN po-reu-THÊ pros au-TOUS me-ta-no-Ê-SOU-sin
Exegesis
The adversative all’ {ἀλλʼ | all’}, rendered as “rather,” signals contrast with the expected alternative.
Root and etymology
allosalpha–lambda–lambda–omicron–sigma
“other, another”
In context — Luke 16:30
But he said, “No, Father Abraham ; rather, if someone from the dead should go to them, they will repent .”
About this coordinate
Luke 16:30:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Luke 16:30, so the Greek word ἀλλʼ (al) 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.16.30.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Luke.16.30.W7.S1) and character.