Luke 19:46:3Luke.19.46.W3TAB
Γέγραπται
gegraptai
“it has been written”
- Transliteration
- GE-grap-tai
- Extended
- GEH-grahp-tai
- IPA
- /ˈge.grap.tai/
Meaning by language
- English
- it has been written
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Alphabet Analysis
| Gamma | gh — guttural | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Gamma | gh — guttural | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Iota | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
- word
GE-grap-tai
- sentence
LE-gōn au-TOIS GE-grap-tai KAI ES-tai ho OI-kos mou OI-kos pro-seu-KHĒS hy-MEIS de au-TON e-poi-Ē-sa-te SPĒ-lai-on lê-STŌN
Exegesis
The perfect passive gegraptai {Γέγραπται | gé-grap-tai} ‘it has been written’ functions as the scriptural citation formula, with kai {Καὶ | kaí} and estai {ἔσται | é-stai} ‘it will be’ conveying prophetic futurity.
In context — Luke 19:46
Saying to them, “It is written, ‘My house shall be a house of prayer,’ but you have made it a den of robbers .”
About this coordinate
Luke 19:46:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Luke 19:46, so the Greek word Γέγραπται (gegraptai) 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.19.46.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Luke.19.46.W3.S1) and character.