Luke 19:4:6Luke.19.4.W6TAB
ἀνέβη
anebê
“he went up”
- Transliteration
- a-NE-bê
- Extended
- ah-NE-bê
- IPA
- /aˈne.bɛː/
Meaning by language
- English
- he went up
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Alphabet Analysis
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Beta | v — as in victory | |
| Eta | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
- word
a-NE-bê
- sentence
KAI pro-dra-MON eis to EM-pros-then a-NE-bê e-PI sy-ko-mo-RE-an HI-na EE-dêi au-TON HO-ti e-KEI-nês Ê-mel-len di-ER-khes-thai
Exegesis
The verse opens with the aorist participle prodramōn {προδραμὼν | pro-dra-mōn} ‘having run ahead,’ which functions adverbially and precedes the main finite verb anebē {ἀνέβη | a-né-bē} ‘he climbed,’ giving a sequence of actions where running precedes climbing.
Root and etymology
Rootalpha–nu–alpha–beta–alpha–iota–nu–omicron
“to go up, ascend”
In context — Luke 19:4
And having run ahead, he climbed up into a sycomore tree in order to see Him , because He was about to pass through that way .
About this coordinate
Luke 19:4:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Luke 19:4, so the Greek word ἀνέβη (anebê) 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.19.4.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Luke.19.4.W6.S1) and character.