Luke 21:29:7Luke.21.29.W7TAB
συκῆν
sykên
“fig tree”
- Transliteration
- sy-KÊN
- Extended
- syoo-KÊHN
- IPA
- /syˈkɛːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- fig tree
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Alphabet Analysis
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Kappa | k — as in kite | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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The word
Word in context
- word
sy-KÊN
- sentence
KAI EI-pen pa-ra-bo-LÊN au-TOIS I-de-te tên sy-KÊN KAI PAN-ta ta DEN-dra
Exegesis
The imperative idete {Ἴδετε | Í-de-te} ‘look’ shifts the focus from narration to attentive observation, and it governs the coordinated accusatives tēn sykēn {τὴν συκῆν | tḕn sy-kên} ‘the fig tree’ and panta ta dendra {πάντα τὰ δένδρα | pán-ta tà dén-dra} ‘all the trees’. The movement from a single fig tree to all trees creates a representative contrast that prepares the listener for the interpretive point in the next verse. In English, a colon and quotation marks mark the transition into the quoted instruction.
Root and etymology
sykonsigma-upsilon-kappa-omicron-nu
“fig”
In context — Luke 21:29
And He spoke a parable to them: “Look at the fig tree and all the trees.”
About this coordinate
Luke 21:29:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Luke 21:29, so the Greek word συκῆν (sykên) 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.21.29.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Luke.21.29.W7.S1) and character.