Luke 22:27:3Luke.22.27.W3TAB
μείζων
meidzōn
“greater”
- Transliteration
- MEI-dzōn
- Extended
- MEI-dzohn
- IPA
- /ˈmei.dzɔːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- greater
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Alphabet Analysis
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Zeta | z — as in daze | |
| Omega | o — same as omicron | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
- word
MEI-dzōn
- sentence
TIS gar MEI-dzōn ho a-na-KEI-me-nos Ê ho di-a-ko-NŌN ou-KHI ho a-na-KEI-me-nos e-GŌ de en ME-soi hy-MŌN EI-mi hōs ho di-a-ko-NŌN
Exegesis
The verse begins with a comparative rhetorical question, tis gar meizon ho anakimenos e ho diakonon {τίς γὰρ μείζων ὁ ἀνακείμενος ἢ ὁ διακονῶν | tís gàr meízōn ho anakéimenos ē ho diakonōn} “for who is greater, the one reclining or the one serving?”. The comparative adjective meizon is used predicatively, with two parallel articular participles, ho anakimenos “the one reclining” and ho diakonon “the one serving,” functioning as substantives and forming the two sides of the comparison.
Root and etymology
megasmu–epsilon–gamma–alpha–sigma
“great, large”
In context — Luke 22:27
For who is greater , the one reclining at the table or the one serving? Is it not the one reclining? But I am among you as the one who serves.
About this coordinate
Luke 22:27:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Luke 22:27, so the Greek word μείζων (meidzōn) 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.22.27.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Luke.22.27.W3.S1) and character.