Luke 22:12:4Luke.22.12.W4TAB
ἀνάγαιον
anagaion
“upper room”
- Transliteration
- a-NA-gai-on
- Extended
- ah-NAH-gai-ohn
- IPA
- /aˈna.gai.on/
Meaning by language
- English
- upper room
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Alphabet Analysis
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Gamma | gh — guttural | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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The word
Word in context
- word
a-NA-gai-on
- sentence
ka-KEI-nos hy-MEEN DEI-ksei a-NA-gai-on ME-ga e-strō-ME-non e-KEI he-toi-MA-sa-te
Exegesis
The object phrase anagaion mega estromenon {ἀνάγαιον μέγα ἐστρωμένον | a-ná-gai-on mé-ga es-trō-mé-non} combines size and completed furnishing, with the perfect participle estromenon portraying the room as already in a finished state before the disciples arrive.
Root and etymology
áalpha nu alpha
“upward”
In context — Luke 22:12
He will show you a large upper room , already furnished ; prepare it there.
About this coordinate
Luke 22:12:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Luke 22:12, so the Greek word ἀνάγαιον (anagaion) 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.22.12.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Luke.22.12.W4.S1) and character.