Luke 18:29:24Luke.18.29.W24TAB
βασιλείας
basileias
“kingdom”
- Transliteration
- ba-si-LEI-as
- Extended
- bah-sih-LEI-ahs
- IPA
- /ba.siˈlei.as/
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 | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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Word in context
- word
ba-si-LEI-as
- sentence
ho de EI-pen au-TOIS a-MEN LE-gō hy-MEEN HO-ti ou-DEIS es-TIN hos a-PHÊ-ken oi-KI-an Ê gy-NAI-ka Ê a-del-PHOUS Ê go-NEIS Ê TEK-na HE-ne-ken tês ba-si-LEI-as tou the-OU
Exegesis
The preposition heneken {ἕνεκεν | hé-ne-ken} “for the sake of” governs the genitive phrase tēs basileias tou theou {τῆς βασιλείας τοῦ θεοῦ | tês ba-si-leí-as toû the-oû}, indicating purpose or motive: the costly renunciation is oriented toward the kingdom that belongs to God. In translation, the structure “there is no one who has left…” preserves the Greek negative-copula-relative pattern, while the prepositional phrase “for the sake of the kingdom of God” retains the theological focus on God’s royal rule as the reason for such sacrifice.
Root and etymology
basileusbeta–alpha–sigma–iota–lambda–epsilon–upsilon–sigma
“king, ruler”
In context — Luke 18:29
But He said to them, “Truly I say to you, there is no one who has left house or wife or brothers or parents or children for the sake of the kingdom of God .”
About this coordinate
Luke 18:29:24 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 24 of Luke 18:29, so the Greek word βασιλείας (basileias) 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.18.29.W24, which extends further down to each syllable (Luke.18.29.W24.S1) and character.