Luke 20:45:5Luke.20.45.W5TAB
λαοῦ
laou
“people”
- Transliteration
- la-OU
- Extended
- lah-OO
- IPA
- /laˈuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- people
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Alphabet Analysis
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
- word
la-OU
- sentence
a-KOU-on-tos de pan-TOS tou la-OU EI-pen tois ma-thê-TAIS
Exegesis
The verse opens with a genitive absolute construction, akouontos pantos tou laou {Ἀκούοντος παντὸς τοῦ λαοῦ | a-koú-on-tos pan-tós toû la-oû} “while all the people were hearing,” which functions adverbially to set the temporal and situational backdrop for the main action.
In context — Luke 20:45
While all the people were listening, He said to the disciples .
About this coordinate
Luke 20:45:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Luke 20:45, so the Greek word λαοῦ (laou) 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.20.45.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Luke.20.45.W5.S1) and character.