Luke 21:2:4Luke.21.2.W4TAB
χήραν
khêran
“widow”
- Transliteration
- KHÊ-ran
- Extended
- kheh-RAHN
- IPA
- /ˈkʰɛː.ran/
Meaning by language
- English
- widow
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Chi | h/kh — like Bach | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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The word
Word in context
- word
KHÊ-ran
- sentence
EI-den DE TI-na KHÊ-ran pe-ni-KHRAN BAL-lou-san e-KEI lep-TA DY-o
Exegesis
The object phrase tina cheran penichran {τινα χήραν πενιχρὰν | ti-na khḗ-ran pe-nikhrán} ‘a certain poor widow’ layers indefiniteness, social vulnerability, and economic need into one compact description.
Root and etymology
cheroschi eta rho omicron sigma
“bereft, widowed”
In context — Luke 21:2
And He also observed a certain poor widow dropping in two coins there.
About this coordinate
Luke 21:2:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Luke 21:2, so the Greek word χήραν (khêran) 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.21.2.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Luke.21.2.W4.S1) and character.