Luke 18:35:1Luke.18.35.W1TAB
Ἐγένετο
egeneto
“it happened”
- Transliteration
- e-GE-ne-to
- Extended
- eh-GEH-neh-toh
- IPA
- /eˈge.ne.to/
Meaning by language
- English
- it happened
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Alphabet Analysis
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Gamma | gh — guttural | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) |
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Word in context
- word
e-GE-ne-to
- sentence
e-GE-ne-to de en tô en-gi-ZEIN au-TON eis ie-ri-KHÔ ty-PHLOS tis e-KA-thê-to pa-RA tên ho-DON e-pai-TÔN
Exegesis
The verse opens with the aorist middle verb egeneto {Ἐγένετο | e-gé-ne-to} 'it happened', a common narrative device in Luke to introduce a new episode.
Root and etymology
ginomaigamma–iota–nu–omicron–mu–alpha–iota
“to become, happen”
In context — Luke 18:35
Now it happened, as He was drawing near to Jericho, that a certain blind man sat beside the road, begging .
About this coordinate
Luke 18:35:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Luke 18:35, so the Greek word Ἐγένετο (egeneto) 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.18.35.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Luke.18.35.W1.S1) and character.