Luke 19:3:2Luke.19.3.W2TAB
ἐζήτει
ezêtei
“he was seeking”
- Transliteration
- e-ZÊ-tei
- Extended
- eh-ZÊ-tei
- IPA
- /eˈzdzɛː.tiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- he was seeking
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Alphabet Analysis
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Zeta | z — as in daze | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Iota | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
- word
e-ZÊ-tei
- sentence
KAI e-ZÊ-tei i-dein ton ee-ay-SOON TIS ES-tin KAI ouk ê-DY-na-to a-PO tou O-khlou HO-ti têi hê-li-KI-ai mi-KROS ÊN
Exegesis
The imperfect verb ezetei {ἐζήτει | ezē-teî} indicates continuous pursuit and takes the aorist infinitive idein {ἰδεῖν | i-deîn} “to see” as its purpose complement.
In context — Luke 19:3
And he was trying to see who Jesus was, but the crowd kept him from it, because he was small in stature .
About this coordinate
Luke 19:3:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Luke 19:3, so the Greek word ἐζήτει (ezêtei) 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.19.3.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Luke.19.3.W2.S1) and character.