Luke 18:35:14Luke.18.35.W14TAB
ὁδὸν
hodon
“road”
- Transliteration
- ho-DON
- Extended
- hoh-DOHN
- IPA
- /hoˈdon/
Meaning by language
- English
- road
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Alphabet Analysis
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Delta | th — as in this | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
- word
ho-DON
- 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 prepositional phrase para ten hodon {παρὰ τὴν ὁδὸν | pa-rà tḕn ho-dòn} 'by the road' locates him at the margin of the traveled way, and the nominative participle epaiton {ἐπαιτῶν | e-pai-tôn} 'begging' functions circumstantially, describing his customary activity concurrent with his sitting. In translation, the temporal force of the en + articular infinitive is brought out with 'as He was drawing near' or 'as Jesus was getting close,' while the participle epaiton is expressed as 'begging' or 'asking for help' to preserve its durative aspect within natural English narrative style.
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 18:35:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of Luke 18:35, so the Greek word ὁδὸν (hodon) 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.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (Luke.18.35.W14.S1) and character.