Luke 18:39:3Luke.18.39.W3TAB
προάγοντες
proagontes
“those going before”
- Transliteration
- pro-A-gon-tes
- Extended
- proh-AH-gohn-tehs
- IPA
- /proˈa.gon.tes/
Meaning by language
- English
- those going before
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Alphabet Analysis
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Gamma | gh — guttural | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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Word in context
- word
pro-A-gon-tes
- sentence
KAI hoi pro-A-gon-tes e-pe-TI-mon au-TOI HI-na si-GÊ-sêi au-TOS de pol-LOI MAL-lon E-kra-dzen hy-E dau-ID e-LE-ê-SOΝ me
Exegesis
The articular participle hoi proagontes {οἱ προάγοντες | pro-Á-gon-tes} functions substantivally as the subject, “those who were going before.”
In context — Luke 18:39
And those going ahead rebuked him so that he might be silent, but he cried out much more, “Son of David , have mercy on me!”
About this coordinate
Luke 18:39:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Luke 18:39, so the Greek word προάγοντες (proagontes) 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.18.39.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Luke.18.39.W3.S1) and character.