Luke 17:14:11Luke.17.14.W11TAB
ἐγένετο
egeneto
“it happened”
- Transliteration
- e-GE-ne-to
- Extended
- eh-GEH-neh-toh
- IPA
- /eˈge.ne.to/
Meaning by language
- English
- it happened
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Alphabet Analysis
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Gamma | gh — guttural | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) |
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Word in context
- word
e-GE-ne-to
- sentence
kai i-DON EI-pen au-TOIS po-reu-THEN-tes e-pi-DEI-ksa-te he-au-TOUS tois hi-e-REU-sin kai e-GE-ne-to en tôi hy-PA-gein au-TOUS e-ka-tha-RI-sthê-san
Exegesis
The clause introduced by kai egeneto {καὶ ἐγένετο | kaí egéneto} uses the impersonal verb egeneto {ἐγένετο | egéneto} ‘it happened’ as a narrative device to introduce a temporal construction: en tō hupagein autous {ἐν τῷ ὑπάγειν αὐτοὺς | en tô hupágein autoús} ‘as they were going’.
Root and etymology
ginomaigamma–iota–nu–omicron–mu–alpha–iota
“to become, to come about”
In context — Luke 17:14
And when He saw them, He said to them, “Go and show yourselves to the priests .” And it happened that as they were going, they were cleansed.
About this coordinate
Luke 17:14:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Luke 17:14, so the Greek word ἐγένετο (egeneto) 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.17.14.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Luke.17.14.W11.S1) and character.