Luke 19:17:4Luke.19.17.W4TAB
Εὖγε
euge
“well done”
- Transliteration
- EU-ge
- Extended
- EU-geh
- IPA
- /ˈeu.ge/
Meaning by language
- English
- well done
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) |
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The word
Word in context
- word
EU-ge
- sentence
KAI EI-pen au-TOI EU-ge a-ga-THE DOU-le HO-ti en e-la-KHIS-tôi pis-TOS e-GE-nou IS-thi ek-sou-SI-an E-khōn e-PA-nô DE-ka PO-le-ōn
Exegesis
The emphatic interjection euge {Εὖγε | eu-ge} stands first within the utterance, followed by the vocative phrase agathe doule {ἀγαθὲ δοῦλε | a-ga-thé doû-le}, “good servant,” foregrounding praise of the servant’s character.
Root and etymology
euepsilon–upsilon
“well, good”
In context — Luke 19:17
And he said to him, “Well done, good servant ; because you have been faithful in a very small matter, have authority over ten cities.”
About this coordinate
Luke 19:17:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Luke 19:17, so the Greek word Εὖγε (euge) 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.19.17.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Luke.19.17.W4.S1) and character.