Luke 19:44:14Luke.19.44.W14TAB
ἐπὶ
epi
“upon”
- Transliteration
- e-PI
- Extended
- eh-PIH
- IPA
- /eˈpi/
Meaning by language
- English
- upon
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Alphabet Analysis
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Iota | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
- word
e-PI
- sentence
KAI e-da-phi-OU-SIN se KAI ta TEK-na sou en SOI KAI ouk a-PHÊ-sou-sin LI-thon e-PI LI-thon en SOI anth hÔN ouk EG-nôs ton kai-RON tÊS e-pi-sko-PÊS sou
Exegesis
The second clause’s idiomatic expression lithon epi lithon {λίθον ἐπὶ λίθον | líthon epì líthon} ‘stone upon stone’ intensifies the completeness of the destruction, with repetition of en soi reinforcing its internal occurrence.
Root and etymology
episkopeoepsilon–pi–iota–sigma–kappa–omicron–pi–epsilon–omega
“to look upon, oversee, visit”
In context — Luke 19:44
And they will level you and your children within you, and they will not leave one stone upon another in you, because you did not recognize the time of your visitation .
About this coordinate
Luke 19:44:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of Luke 19:44, so the Greek word ἐπὶ (epi) 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.19.44.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (Luke.19.44.W14.S1) and character.