Luke 21:5:6Luke.21.5.W6TAB

ἱεροῦ

hierou

temple

Transliteration
hi-e-ROU
Extended
hih-eh-ROO
IPA
/hi.eˈruː/

Meaning by language

English
temple

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Result
ἱ + ε + ροῦ
hi + e + rou
hierou

Alphabet Analysis

Iotai — as in machine
Epsilone — as in met (short)
Rhor — rolled r
Omicrono — as in omit (short)
Upsiloni — as in machine

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Word in context

  1. word

    hi-e-ROU

  2. sentence

    KAI TI-nōn le-GON-tōn pe-RI TOU hi-e-ROU HO-ti LI-thois ka-LOIS KAI a-na-THÊ-ma-sin ke-KOS-mê-tai EI-pen

Exegesis

The prepositional phrase peri tou hierou {περὶ τοῦ ἱεροῦ | perí tou hieroû} focuses the topic on the temple, and the clause introduced by hoti {ὅτι | hóti} reports the content of what is being said; in English, this is naturally rendered with a speech frame such as “saying how” or simply “how.”

In contextLuke 21:5

And while some people were discussing the temple, saying how it had been adorned with fine stones and offerings, He said ,

About this coordinate

Luke 21:5:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Luke 21:5, so the Greek word ἱεροῦ (hierou) 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.21.5.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Luke.21.5.W6.S1) and character.