Luke 18:19:14Luke.18.19.W14TAB
εἷς
heis
“one”
- Transliteration
- heis
- Extended
- heis
- IPA
- /heis/
Meaning by language
- English
- one
Alphabet Analysis
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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Word in context
- word
heis
- sentence
EI-pen de au-TOI ho ee-ay-SOOS TI me LE-geis a-ga-THON ou-DEIS a-ga-THOS ei mê heis ho the-OS
Exegesis
The construction ei mē heis ho theos {εἰ μὴ εἷς ὁ θεός | ei mē heîs ho the-ós} is an exceptive clause: the conditional particle ei with the negative mē forms an “except” structure, with heis ho theos functioning appositionally as “one, namely God.” English is best served by rendering this as “except one, God” in a more literal register and “except God alone” in a more idiomatic register, both preserving the exclusivity of divine goodness that the Greek syntax emphasizes.
Root and etymology
henepsilon with rough breathing–nu
“one”
In context — Luke 18:19
But Jesus said to him, “Why do you call Me good? No one is good except one, God .”
About this coordinate
Luke 18:19:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of Luke 18:19, so the Greek word εἷς (heis) 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.18.19.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (Luke.18.19.W14.S1) and character.