Luke 18:2:7Luke.18.2.W7TAB
πόλει
polei
“city”
- Transliteration
- PO-lei
- Extended
- POH-lei
- IPA
- /ˈpo.lei/
Meaning by language
- English
- city
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Alphabet Analysis
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Iota | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
- word
PO-lei
- sentence
LE-gōn kri-TÊS tis Ên EN ti-ni PO-lei ton the-ON MÊ pho-BOU-me-nos kai AN-thrō-pon MÊ en-tre-PO-me-nos
Exegesis
The setting is defined by the prepositional phrase en tini pólei {ἔν τινι πόλει | en ti-ní pó-lei} ‘in a certain city’, with the dative governed by en.
In context — Luke 18:2
He said, “In a certain city there was a judge who had no fear of God and no respect for any person.”
About this coordinate
Luke 18:2:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Luke 18:2, so the Greek word πόλει (polei) 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.18.2.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Luke.18.2.W7.S1) and character.