Luke 19:12:5Luke.19.12.W5TAB
εὐγενὴς
eugenês
“noble”
- Transliteration
- eu-ge-NÊS
- Extended
- euh-geh-NÊS
- IPA
- /eu.geˈnɛːs/
Meaning by language
- English
- noble
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Gamma | gh — guttural | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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The word
Word in context
- word
eu-ge-NÊS
- 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
The noun phrase anthropos tis eugenes {Ἄνθρωπός τις εὐγενὴς | Án-thrō-pos tis eu-genès} combines the indefinite pronoun tis with the adjective eugenes to specify an unnamed nobleman.
Root and etymology
euepsilon–upsilon
“well-born, of good family”
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 19:12:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Luke 19:12, so the Greek word εὐγενὴς (eugenês) 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.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Luke.19.12.W5.S1) and character.