Luke 21:12:21Luke.21.12.W21TAB
βασιλεῖς
basileis
“kings”
- Transliteration
- ba-si-LEIS
- Extended
- bah-see-LAYS
- IPA
- /ba.siˈleis/
Meaning by language
- English
- kings
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Alphabet Analysis
| Beta | v — as in victory | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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Word in context
- word
ba-si-LEIS
- sentence
pro de TOU-tōn PAN-tōn e-pi-ba-LOU-sin eph hy-MAS tas KHEI-ras au-TŌN kai di-ŌK-sou-sin pa-ra-di-DON-tes eis tas sy-na-gō-GAS kai phy-la-KAS a-pa-go-ME-nous e-PI ba-si-LEIS kai hê-ge-MO-nas HE-ne-ken tou o-NO-ma-TOS mou
Exegesis
The accusative participle apagomenous {ἀπαγομένους | apagoménous} keeps the same victims in view and depicts them as being led before basileis kai hegemonas {βασιλεῖς καὶ ἡγεμόνας | basileîs kaì hēgemónas}.
In context — Luke 21:12
But before all these things, they will lay their hands on you and persecute you, delivering you to the synagogues and prisons, being brought before kings and governors for the sake of My name.
About this coordinate
Luke 21:12:21 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 21 of Luke 21:12, so the Greek word βασιλεῖς (basileis) 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.21.12.W21, which extends further down to each syllable (Luke.21.12.W21.S1) and character.