Luke 18:35:15Luke.18.35.W15TAB
ἐπαιτῶν
epaitôn
“begging”
- Transliteration
- e-pai-TÔN
- Extended
- eh-pai-TOHN
- IPA
- /e.paiˈtɔːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- begging
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Omega | o — same as omicron | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
- word
e-pai-TÔN
- 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.
Root and etymology
aiteō (via epaiteō)alpha–iota–tau–epsilon–omega
“to ask, request”
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 18:35:15 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 15 of Luke 18:35, so the Greek word ἐπαιτῶν (epaitôn) 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.W15, which extends further down to each syllable (Luke.18.35.W15.S1) and character.