Luke 21:10:5Luke.21.10.W5TAB
ἔθνος
ethnos
“a nation”
- Transliteration
- E-thnos
- Extended
- EH-thnohs
- IPA
- /ˈe.tʰnos/
Meaning by language
- English
- a nation
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Theta | th — as in thin | |
| 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
E-thnos
- sentence
TO-te E-le-gen au-TOIS e-ger-THÊ-se-tai E-thnos ep E-thnos KAI ba-si-LEI-a e-PI ba-si-LEI-an
Exegesis
kai basileia epi basileian {ἔθνος ἐπʼ ἔθνος … καὶ βασιλεία ἐπὶ βασιλείαν | éthnos epí éthnos … kaí basileía epí basileían}, with repeated noun-preposition-noun structure intensifying the scope of unrest.
Root and etymology
ethnosepsilon theta nu omicron sigma
“nation, people-group”
In context — Luke 21:10
Then He was saying to them, “Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom.”
About this coordinate
Luke 21:10:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Luke 21:10, so the Greek word ἔθνος (ethnos) 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.21.10.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Luke.21.10.W5.S1) and character.