Luke 18:28:7Luke.18.28.W7TAB
ἀφέντες
aphentes
“having left”
- Transliteration
- a-PHEN-tes
- Extended
- ah-PHEHN-tehs
- IPA
- /aˈpʰen.tes/
Meaning by language
- English
- having left
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Alphabet Analysis
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Phi | ph — as in phone (f) | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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The word
Word in context
- word
a-PHEN-tes
- sentence
EI-pen de ho PE-tros i-DOU hê-MEIS a-PHEN-tes ta I-di-a ê-ko-lou-THÊ-sa-men soi
Exegesis
The aorist participle aphentes {ἀφέντες | a-phén-tes} precedes the main verb, forming a circumstantial participial construction: “having left… we followed.” This ordering foregrounds the renunciatory act as the necessary precondition to the following.
Root and etymology
aphiēmialpha–phi–iota–eta–mu–iota
“to let go, release”
In context — Luke 18:28
But Peter said, “Behold, we have left our own things and have followed You .”
About this coordinate
Luke 18:28:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Luke 18:28, so the Greek word ἀφέντες (aphentes) 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.18.28.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Luke.18.28.W7.S1) and character.