Luke 18:29:5Luke.18.29.W5TAB
Ἀμὴν
amen
“truly”
- Transliteration
- a-MEN
- Extended
- ah-MEHN
- IPA
- /aˈmen/
Meaning by language
- English
- truly
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Alphabet Analysis
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
- word
a-MEN
- 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
Inside the quotation, the solemn particle amēn {Ἀμὴν | a-mḗn} ‘truly’ fronts the clause and is followed by legō hymin {λέγω ὑμῖν | lḗ-gō hu-mîn} “I say to you,” a characteristic introductory formula that lends authority and immediacy.
Root and etymology
’āmānaleph–mem–nun
“to be firm, reliable”
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 18:29:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Luke 18:29, so the Greek word Ἀμὴν (amen) 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.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Luke.18.29.W5.S1) and character.