Luke 18:15:11Luke.18.15.W11TAB

δὲ

de

and

Transliteration
de
Extended
deh
IPA
/de/

Meaning by language

English
and

Alphabet Analysis

Deltath — as in this
Epsilone — as in met (short)

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Word in context

  1. word

    de

  2. sentence

    pro-SE-phe-ron de au-TOI KAI ta BRE-phê HI-na au-TÔN HAP-tē-tai i-DON-tes de hoi ma-thê-TAI e-pe-TI-mon au-TOIS

Exegesis

The connective de {δὲ | dé} marks a narrative development.

Another de {δὲ | dé} signals this shift, bringing in the nominative subject hoi mathētai {οἱ μαθηταὶ | hoí ma-thē-tai} ‘the disciples’.

Root and etymology

deidelta–epsilon–iota

it is necessary, must

In contextLuke 18:15

But they were also bringing the infants to Him so that He might touch them. When the disciples saw this, they were rebuking them.

About this coordinate

Luke 18:15:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Luke 18:15, so the Greek word δὲ (de) 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.18.15.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Luke.18.15.W11.S1) and character.