Luke 20:31:4Luke.20.31.W4TAB

ἔλαβεν

elaben

took

Transliteration
E-la-ben
Extended
EH-lah-behn
IPA
/ˈe.la.ben/

Meaning by language

English
took

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Result
ἔ + λα + βεν
e + la + ben
elaben

Alphabet Analysis

Epsilone — as in met (short)
Lambdal — as in law
Alphaah — as in father
Betav — as in victory
Epsilone — as in met (short)
Nun — as in new

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Word in context

  1. word

    E-la-ben

  2. sentence

    kai ho TRI-tos E-la-ben au-TÊN hô-sau-TÔS de kai hoi hep-TA ou ka-TE-li-pon TEK-na kai a-PE-tha-non

Exegesis

The aorist indicative elaben {ἔλαβεν | é-laben} plus the accusative autēn {αὐτήν | au-tḗn} expresses a completed act of taking a wife.

Root and etymology

lambanolambda–alpha–mu–beta–alpha–nu–omega

to take, receive

In contextLuke 20:31

And the third took her; and in the same manner the seven also left no offspring and died .

About this coordinate

Luke 20:31:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Luke 20:31, so the Greek word ἔλαβεν (elaben) 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.20.31.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Luke.20.31.W4.S1) and character.