Luke 21:38:5Luke.21.38.W5TAB
ὤρθριζεν
orthridzen
“was coming early”
- Transliteration
- OR-thri-dzen
- Extended
- OHR-thrih-dzehn
- IPA
- /ˈor.tʰri.dzen/
Meaning by language
- English
- was coming early
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Omega | o — same as omicron | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Theta | th — as in thin | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Zeta | z — as in daze | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
- word
OR-thri-dzen
- sentence
KAI PAS ho la-OS OR-thri-dzen pros au-TON en tôi hi-e-ROI a-KOU-ein au-TOU
Exegesis
The imperfect orthrizen {ὤρθριζεν | órthrizen} presents the action as repeated or customary in the past, so the scene depicts an ongoing pattern rather than a single arrival.
In context — Luke 21:38
And all the people were coming early to Him in the temple, to hear Him.
About this coordinate
Luke 21:38:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Luke 21:38, so the Greek word ὤρθριζεν (orthridzen) 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.21.38.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Luke.21.38.W5.S1) and character.