Luke 17:11:5Luke.17.11.W5TAB
πορεύεσθαι
poreuesthai
“to go”
- Transliteration
- po-REU-es-thai
- Extended
- poh-REU-ehs-thai
- IPA
- /poˈreu.es.tʰai/
Meaning by language
- English
- to go
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Alphabet Analysis
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Theta | th — as in thin | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Iota | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
- word
po-REU-es-thai
- sentence
KAI e-GE-ne-to en tôi po-REU-es-thai eis i-e-rou-sa-LÊM KAI au-TOS di-ÊR-khe-to di-A ME-son sa-ma-REI-as KAI ga-li-la-IAS
Exegesis
This is followed by the prepositional phrase en tō poreuesthai {ἐν τῷ πορεύεσθαι | en tō poreúesthai}, an articular infinitive construction used temporally, meaning “while (He was) journeying.”
Root and etymology
poreuomaiporeúomai | pi–omicron–rho–epsilon–upsilon–omicron–mu–alpha–iota
“to go, to journey, to travel”
In context — Luke 17:11
And it happened, as He was journeying to Jerusalem, that He was passing through the midst of Samaria and Galilee.
About this coordinate
Luke 17:11:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Luke 17:11, so the Greek word πορεύεσθαι (poreuesthai) 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.17.11.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Luke.17.11.W5.S1) and character.