Luke 16:5:3Luke.16.5.W3TAB

ἕνα

hena

one

Transliteration
HE-na
Extended
HEH-nah
IPA
/ˈhe.na/

Meaning by language

English
one

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Result
ἕ + να
he + na
hena

Alphabet Analysis

Epsilone — as in met (short)
Nun — as in new
Alphaah — as in father

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Word in context

  1. word

    HE-na

  2. sentence

    KAI pros-ka-le-SA-me-nos HE-na HE-kas-ton tôn khre-o-phei-le-TÔN tou ky-REE-ou he-au-TOU E-le-gen tôi PRÔ-tôi PO-son o-PHEI-leis tôi ky-REE-ôi mou

Exegesis

The distributive expression hena hekaston {ἕνα ἕκαστον | hén-a hé-ka-ston} ‘one each’ highlights the individual summons.

In contextLuke 16:5

And he summoned to himself each of his master’s debtors , one by one, and he said to the first , “How much do you owe my master?”

About this coordinate

Luke 16:5:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Luke 16:5, so the Greek word ἕνα (hena) 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.16.5.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Luke.16.5.W3.S1) and character.