Luke 21:23:15Luke.21.23.W15TAB
ἀνάγκη
anangkê
“distress”
- Transliteration
- a-NAN-gkê
- Extended
- ah-NAHN-gkeh
- IPA
- /aˈnaŋ.kɛː/
Meaning by language
- English
- distress
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Alphabet Analysis
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Gamma | gh — guttural | |
| Kappa | k — as in kite | |
| Eta | i — as in machine |
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The word
Word in context
- word
a-NAN-gkê
- sentence
ou-AI tais en gas-TRI e-KHOU-sais kai tais thê-la-DZOU-sais en e-KEI-nais tais hê-ME-rais ES-tai gar a-NAN-gkê me-GA-lê e-PI tês gês kai or-GÊ tôi la-ÔI TOU-tôi
Exegesis
Ananke megalē {ἀνάγκη μεγάλη | anánkē megálē} functions as the nominative subject of the future existential clause, presenting the coming pressure as overwhelming and inescapable, while epi tes ges {ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς | epí tēs gēs} marks the sphere affected.
Root and etymology
anankazōalpha nu alpha gamma kappa alpha zeta omega
“to compel, force”
In context — Luke 21:23
Woe to those who are pregnant and to those who are nursing in those days, for there will be great distress on the land and wrath on this people.
About this coordinate
Luke 21:23:15 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 15 of Luke 21:23, so the Greek word ἀνάγκη (anangkê) 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.21.23.W15, which extends further down to each syllable (Luke.21.23.W15.S1) and character.