Luke 17:28:3Luke.17.28.W3TAB
ἐγένετο
egheneto
“it happened”
- Transliteration
- e-GHE-ne-to
- Extended
- eh-GHEH-neh-toh
- IPA
- /eˈɣe.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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The word
Word in context
- word
e-GHE-ne-to
- sentence
ho-MOI-os ka-THOS e-GHE-ne-to en tais hê-ME-rais LOT ÊS-thi-on E-pi-non ê-GO-ra-dzon e-PÔ-loun e-PHY-teu-on ōi-ko-DO-moun
Exegesis
The conjunction kathōs {καθὼς | ka-thṓs} ‘just as’ introduces a comparative clause, and the aorist verb egeneto {ἐγένετο | e-gé-ne-to} ‘it happened’ functions as a summary historical marker, presenting the whole situation in the days of Lot as a single past event.
Root and etymology
ginomaigamma–iota–nu–omicron–mu–alpha–iota
“to become, to come about”
In context — Luke 17:28
Likewise, just as it happened in the days of Lot , they were eating and drinking, buying and selling, planting and building.
About this coordinate
Luke 17:28:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Luke 17:28, so the Greek word ἐγένετο (egheneto) 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.17.28.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Luke.17.28.W3.S1) and character.