Luke 20:34:9Luke.20.34.W9TAB
αἰῶνος
aiônos
“age”
- Transliteration
- ai-Ô-nos
- Extended
- ai-Ô-nohs
- IPA
- /ai̯ˈɔː.nos/
Meaning by language
- English
- age
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Alphabet Analysis
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Omega | o — same as omicron | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ai-Ô-nos
- sentence
KAI EI-pen au-TOIS ho ee-ay-SOOS hoi hy-ee-OI tou ai-Ô-nos TOU-tou ga-MOU-sin KAI ga-MIS-kon-tai
Exegesis
A new clause is introduced with the nominative plural hoi huioi {Οἱ υἱοὶ | hoi hu-ioì} ‘the sons’, which is qualified by the genitive phrase tou aionos toutou {τοῦ αἰῶνος τούτου | toû ai-ō-nos toú-tou} ‘of this age’, expressing belonging to the present temporal order.
Root and etymology
aionalpha–iota–omega–nu
“age, epoch”
In context — Luke 20:34
And Jesus said to them, “The sons of this age marry and are given in marriage.”
About this coordinate
Luke 20:34:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Luke 20:34, so the Greek word αἰῶνος (aiônos) 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.20.34.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Luke.20.34.W9.S1) and character.