Luke 22:23:3Luke.22.23.W3TAB

ἤρξαντο

êrxanto

began

Transliteration
ÊRX-an-to
Extended
êrx-ahnt-oh
IPA
/ˈɛːr.ksan.to/

Meaning by language

English
began

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Result
ἤρξ + αν + το
êrx + an + to
êrxanto

Alphabet Analysis

Etai — as in machine
Rhor — rolled r
Xix — as in axiom (ks)
Alphaah — as in father
Nun — as in new
Taut — as in top
Omicrono — as in omit (short)

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Word in context

  1. word

    ÊRX-an-to

  2. sentence

    KAI au-TOI ÊRX-an-to sy-dzê-TEIN pros he-au-TOUS to TIS A-ra EI-ê eks au-TÔN ho TOU-to MEL-lōn PRAS-sein

Exegesis

The cluster autoi ērxanto {αὐτοὶ ἤρξαντο | autoí ḗrxan-to} places the emphatic pronoun before the verb, underscoring that the disciples themselves, as a group, initiate the response.

In contextLuke 22:23

And they themselves began to discuss with one another which of them, then, it might be who was about to do this .

About this coordinate

Luke 22:23:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Luke 22:23, so the Greek word ἤρξαντο (êrxanto) 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.22.23.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Luke.22.23.W3.S1) and character.