Luke 19:2:5Luke.19.2.W5TAB
καλούμενος
kaloumenos
“being called”
- Transliteration
- ka-LOU-me-nos
- Extended
- kah-LOO-meh-nohs
- IPA
- /kaˈluː.me.nos/
Meaning by language
- English
- being called
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Alphabet Analysis
| Kappa | k — as in kite | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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Word in context
- word
ka-LOU-me-nos
- sentence
KAI i-DOU a-NÊR o-NO-ma-ti ka-LOU-me-nos dzak-KHAI-os KAI au-TOS ÊN ar-khi-te-LÔ-nês KAI au-TOS PLOU-si-os
Exegesis
A nominative construction consisting of anēr {ἀνὴρ | anḗr} ‘man’, onomati {ὀνόματι | onómati} ‘by name’, and the participle kaloumenos {καλούμενος | kalóumenos} ‘being called’ introduces Zacchaeus as the focal character.
In context — Luke 19:2
And behold, there was a man named Zacchaeus , and he himself was a chief tax collector , and he himself was rich.
About this coordinate
Luke 19:2:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Luke 19:2, so the Greek word καλούμενος (kaloumenos) 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.19.2.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Luke.19.2.W5.S1) and character.