Luke 19:4:8Luke.19.4.W8TAB
συκομορέαν
sykomorean
“a sycamore tree”
- Transliteration
- sy-ko-mo-RE-an
- Extended
- syoo-koh-moh-REH-ah(n)
- IPA
- /sy.ko.moˈre.an/
Meaning by language
- English
- a sycamore tree
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Kappa | k — as in kite | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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The word
Word in context
- word
sy-ko-mo-RE-an
- 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 prepositional phrase epi sykomorean {ἐπὶ συκομορέαν | e-pì sy-ko-mo-ré-an} marks the goal of the climbing action, specifying the particular kind of tree.
Root and etymology
Rootsigma–upsilon–kappa–omicron–mu–omicron–rho–epsilon–alpha
“sycomore-fig tree”
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 19:4:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Luke 19:4, so the Greek word συκομορέαν (sykomorean) 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.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Luke.19.4.W8.S1) and character.