Luke 17:8:1Luke.17.8.W1TAB
ἀλλʼ
al
“but”
- Transliteration
- al
- Extended
- ahl
- IPA
- /al/
Meaning by language
- English
- but
Alphabet Analysis
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Lambda | l — as in law |
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Word in context
- word
al
- sentence
al ou-KHI e-REI au-TOI he-TOI-ma-son TI deip-NEE-sô KAI pe-ri-zô-SA-me-nos di-A-ko-nei moi HE-ôs PHA-gô KAI PI-ô KAI me-TA TAU-ta PHA-ge-sai KAI PI-e-sai SY
Exegesis
The verse opens with the adversative particle all’ ouchi {ἀλλ’ οὐχὶ | allá oukhì} ‘but surely not’, forming a rhetorical question that expects agreement from the hearer.
Root and etymology
allosalpha–lambda–lambda–omicron–sigma
“other”
In context — Luke 17:8
But will he not rather say to him, “Prepare what I am to eat, and, girding yourself, serve me until I have eaten and drunk, and afterward you may eat and drink”?
About this coordinate
Luke 17:8:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Luke 17:8, so the Greek word ἀλλʼ (al) 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.17.8.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Luke.17.8.W1.S1) and character.