Luke 17:29:15Luke.17.29.W15TAB
ἀπώλεσεν
apôlesen
“destroyed”
- Transliteration
- a-PÔ-le-sen
- Extended
- ah-PÔH-leh-sehn
- IPA
- /aˈpɔː.le.sen/
Meaning by language
- English
- destroyed
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Alphabet Analysis
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Omega | o — same as omicron | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
- word
a-PÔ-le-sen
- sentence
têi de hê-ME-rai ex-ÊL-then lôt a-PO so-DO-môn E-brek-sen pyr kai THEI-on ap ou-ra-NOU kai a-PÔ-le-sen PAN-tas
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase ap’ ouranou {ἀπ᾽ οὐρανοῦ | ap ou-ra-NÔU} “from heaven” marks the heavenly origin of the judgment, while the subsequent kai {καὶ | kaí} introduces the climactic aorist apōlesen pantas {ἀπώλεσεν πάντας | ap-Ō-le-sen PÁN-tas} “destroyed all,” expressing a consequential result and the totality of the destruction. The English renderings preserve this sequence of aorist verbs to convey a single decisive act of judgment and retain the temporal linkage “on the day” to mirror the Greek structure.
Root and etymology
apollumialpha–pi–omicron–lambda–lambda–upsilon–mu–iota
“to destroy, cause to perish”
In context — Luke 17:29
But on the day when Lot went out from Sodom , it rained fire and sulfur from heaven and destroyed them all.
About this coordinate
Luke 17:29:15 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 15 of Luke 17:29, so the Greek word ἀπώλεσεν (apôlesen) 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.17.29.W15, which extends further down to each syllable (Luke.17.29.W15.S1) and character.