Luke 20:27:1Luke.20.27.W1TAB
Προσελθόντες
proselthontes
“having come up”
- Transliteration
- pro-sel-THON-tes
- Extended
- proh-sehl-THON-tehs
- IPA
- /pro.selˈtʰon.tes/
Meaning by language
- English
- having come up
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Theta | th — as in thin | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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The word
Word in context
- word
pro-sel-THON-tes
- sentence
pro-sel-THON-tes DE TI-nes tôn sad-dou-KAI-ôn hoi an-ti-LE-gon-tes a-NA-sta-sin MÊ EI-nai e-pê-RÔ-tê-san au-TON
Exegesis
The narrative begins with the aorist participle proselthontes {Προσελθόντες | pros-el-thón-tes} ‘having approached’, which functions temporally and circumstantially in relation to the main verb.
In context — Luke 20:27
But some of the Sadducees, those who deny that there is a resurrection , approached and questioned Him .
About this coordinate
Luke 20:27:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Luke 20:27, so the Greek word Προσελθόντες (proselthontes) 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.20.27.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Luke.20.27.W1.S1) and character.