Luke 21:24:21Luke.21.24.W21TAB
ἐθνῶν
ethnôn
“of {the} nations”
- Transliteration
- eth-NÔN
- Extended
- ehth-NOHN
- IPA
- /e.tʰˈnɔːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- of {the} nations
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Alphabet Analysis
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Theta | th — as in thin | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Omega | o — same as omicron | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
- word
eth-NÔN
- sentence
KAI pe-SOUN-tai STO-ma-ti ma-KHAI-rês KAI aikh-ma-lō-ti-STHÊ-son-tai eis ta E-thnê PAN-ta KAI ie-rou-sa-LÊM ES-tai pa-tou-ME-nê hy-PO eth-NÔN A-khri hou plê-rō-THÔ-sin kai-ROI eth-NÔN
Exegesis
The focus then shifts from the people to the city itself: Ierousalēm estai patoumenē hypo ethnōn {Ἰερουσαλὴμ ἔσται πατουμένη ὑπὸ ἐθνῶν | Ie-rou-sa-lḗm é-stai pa-tou-mé-nē hy-pó eth-nôn} ‘Jerusalem will be trampled by nations,’ where estai plus the present passive participle creates a periphrastic future that highlights an ongoing condition of humiliation.
The limit of that condition is introduced by achri hou {ἄχρι οὗ | ákh-ri hou} ‘until the point when,’ leading into plērōthōsin kairoi ethnōn {πληρωθῶσιν καιροὶ ἐθνῶν | plē-rō-thô-sin kai-roí eth-nôn} ‘the times of the nations are fulfilled.’ The passive subjunctive presents the fulfillment as an event that will come to pass under divine ordering, and the plural kairoi suggests appointed periods rather than a single moment.
In context — Luke 21:24
And they will fall by the sword , and they will be taken captive into all the nations, and Jerusalem will be trampled by the nations until the times of the nations are fulfilled.
About this coordinate
Luke 21:24:21 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 21 of Luke 21:24, so the Greek word ἐθνῶν (ethnôn) 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.21.24.W21, which extends further down to each syllable (Luke.21.24.W21.S1) and character.