Luke 19:27:10Luke.19.27.W10TAB
βασιλεῦσαι
basileusai
“to reign”
- Transliteration
- ba-si-LEU-sai
- Extended
- bah-sih-LEU-sai
- IPA
- /ba.siˈleu.sai/
Meaning by language
- English
- to reign
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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) | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Iota | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
- word
ba-si-LEU-sai
- sentence
plên tous ekh-THROUS mou TOU-tous tous mê the-LÊ-san-TAS me ba-si-LEU-sai ep au-TOUS a-GA-ge-te HÔ-de kai ka-ta-SPHA-kha-te au-TOUS EM-pros-THEN mou
Exegesis
The participial clause tous mē thelēsantas me basileusai epʼ autous {τοὺς μὴ θελήσαντάς με βασιλεῦσαι ἐπʼ αὐτοὺς | toùs mē the-lḗ-san-tas me basileû-sai epʼ autoùs} functions attributively, expressing a decisive refusal of the nobleman’s authority.
The aorist infinitive basileusai {βασιλεῦσαι | basileû-sai} with the object me and prepositional phrase epʼ autous {ἐπʼ αὐτοὺς | epʼ autoùs} specifies the content of their rejection.
Root and etymology
basileusb-a-s-i-l-e-u-s
“king, monarch”
In context — Luke 19:27
But as for these enemies of mine, those who did not want me to reign over them, bring them here and slay them before me.
About this coordinate
Luke 19:27:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Luke 19:27, so the Greek word βασιλεῦσαι (basileusai) 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.19.27.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Luke.19.27.W10.S1) and character.