Luke 18:24:7Luke.18.24.W7TAB

Πῶς

pôs

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Transliteration
PÔS
Extended
PÔHS
IPA
/pɔːs/

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Alphabet Analysis

Pip — as in pet
Omegao — same as omicron
Sigma (final)s — used only at end of words

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Word in context

  1. word

    PÔS

  2. sentence

    i-DON DE au-TON ho ee-ay-SOOS EI-pen PÔS dys-KO-lōs hoi ta KHRÊ-ma-ta E-khon-tes eis tēn ba-si-LEI-an tou the-OU eis-po-REU-on-tai

Exegesis

The exclamatory phrase pos dyskolōs {Πῶς δυσκόλως | Pōs dys-kó-lōs} expresses amazement at the difficulty.

In contextLuke 18:24

But when Jesus saw him, He said, “How difficult it is for those who possess riches to enter into the kingdom of God !”

About this coordinate

Luke 18:24:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Luke 18:24, so the Greek word Πῶς (pôs) 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.18.24.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Luke.18.24.W7.S1) and character.