Luke 19:12:12Luke.19.12.W12TAB
βασιλείαν
basileian
“a kingdom”
- Transliteration
- ba-si-LEI-an
- Extended
- bah-see-LEI-ahn
- IPA
- /ba.siˈleː.an/
Meaning by language
- English
- a kingdom
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Alphabet Analysis
| Beta | v — as in victory | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ba-si-LEI-an
- sentence
EI-pen OYN AN-thrô-POS tis eu-ge-NÊS e-po-REU-thê eis KHÔ-ran ma-KRAN la-BEIN he-au-TÔI ba-si-LEI-an kai hy-po-STRE-psai
Exegesis
Two coordinated infinitives, labein basileian {λαβεῖν βασιλείαν | la-beîn ba-si-leí-an} and hypostrepsai {ὑποστρέψαι | hu-po-strép-sai}, express the nobleman’s purpose to obtain and then return from the kingdom, with the reflexive pronoun heauto {ἑαυτῷ | hé-au-tō} denoting personal ownership. The English reconstructions preserve the teleological infinitive structure as purpose clauses, maintaining the sequence and expectation embedded in the Greek syntax.
Root and etymology
basileusbeta–alpha–sigma–iota–lambda–epsilon–upsilon–sigma
“king, ruler”
In context — Luke 19:12
So He said, "A certain nobleman went into a distant country to receive a kingdom for himself and then return."
About this coordinate
Luke 19:12:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Luke 19:12, so the Greek word βασιλείαν (basileian) 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.19.12.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Luke.19.12.W12.S1) and character.