Luke 22:1:4Luke.22.1.W4TAB
ἑορτὴ
heortê
“feast”
- Transliteration
- he-or-TÊ
- Extended
- heh-ohr-TÊÊ
- IPA
- /he.orˈtɛː/
Meaning by language
- English
- feast
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Alphabet Analysis
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Eta | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
- word
he-or-TÊ
- sentence
ÊN-gi-zen de hê he-or-TÊ tôn a-ZY-mōn hê le-go-ME-nê PAS-kha
Exegesis
The subject is introduced by the article–noun pair hē heortē {ἡ ἑορτή | hē he-or-Tḗ} ‘the feast’, which is further specified by the genitive phrase tōn azymōn {τῶν ἀζύμων | tôn a-ZÝ-mōn} ‘of the unleavened (breads)’, a conventional designation for the Festival of Unleavened Bread. This entire nominal group remains the grammatical subject of engizen.
Root and etymology
heorteeta–omicron–rho–tau–eta
“festival, celebration”
In context — Luke 22:1
Now the feast of unleavened bread was drawing near, which is called Passover .
About this coordinate
Luke 22:1:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Luke 22:1, so the Greek word ἑορτὴ (heortê) 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.22.1.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Luke.22.1.W4.S1) and character.