Luke 18:25:13Luke.18.25.W13TAB
βασιλείαν
basileian
“kingdom”
- Transliteration
- ba-si-LEI-an
- Extended
- bah-sih-LAY-ahn
- IPA
- /ba.siˈlei.an/
Meaning by language
- English
- kingdom
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Alphabet Analysis
| Beta | v — as in victory | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
- word
ba-si-LEI-an
- sentence
eu-ko-PO-te-ron GAR ES-tin KA-mê-lon di-A TRÊ-ma-tos be-LO-nês ei-sel-THEIN Ê PLOU-si-on eis tên ba-si-LEI-an tou the-OU ei-sel-THEIN
Exegesis
The comparative conjunction e {ἢ | ē} “than” coordinates a second infinitival clause, plousion eis ten basileian tou theou eiselthein {πλούσιον εἰς τὴν βασιλείαν τοῦ θεοῦ εἰσελθεῖν | ploúsion eis tēn basileían tou theoû eiseltheîn}, paralleling the first structure and placing the rich man as the accusative subject of entering. The prepositional phrase eis ten basileian tou theou marks the divine realm as goal, with the genitive tou theou indicating that the kingdom belongs to or is ruled by God. The parallel infinitives joined by the comparison build an extreme hyperbolic image, which is preserved in English by retaining the infinitive “to enter” construction and the familiar idiom “eye of a needle,” allowing the rhetorical force of impossibility to remain clear.
Root and etymology
basileusbeta–alpha–sigma–iota–lambda–epsilon–upsilon–sigma
“king, ruler”
In context — Luke 18:25
For it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God .
About this coordinate
Luke 18:25:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of Luke 18:25, so the Greek word βασιλείαν (basileian) 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.18.25.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (Luke.18.25.W13.S1) and character.