Luke 18:16:9Luke.18.16.W9TAB
παιδία
paideea
“children”
- Transliteration
- pai-DEE-a
- Extended
- pai-DEE-ah
- IPA
- /paiˈdi.a/
Meaning by language
- English
- children
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Alphabet Analysis
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Delta | th — as in this | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father |
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Word in context
- word
pai-DEE-a
- sentence
ho de ee-ay-SOOS pro-se-ka-LE-sa-to au-TA LE-gōn A-phe-te ta pai-DEE-a ER-khe-sthai pros me KAI MÊ kō-LY-e-te au-TA tōn gar toi-OU-tōn es-TIN hê ba-si-LEI-a tou the-OU
Exegesis
Within the quotation, the aorist imperative Aphete {Ἄφετε | Áphete} ‘allow’ issues a strong, one-time command, governing the object ta paidia {τὰ παιδία | tà paidía} ‘the children’ and the complementary infinitive erchesthai {ἔρχεσθαι | érchesthai} ‘to come,’ which expresses the action being permitted toward the goal marked by pros me {πρός με | prós me} ‘to Me.’
Root and etymology
paispi–alpha–iota–sigma
“child, servant”
In context — Luke 18:16
But Jesus called them to Himself, saying, “Allow the children to come to Me, and do not hinder them; for the kingdom of God is for such as these.”
About this coordinate
Luke 18:16:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Luke 18:16, so the Greek word παιδία (paideea) 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.18.16.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Luke.18.16.W9.S1) and character.