Luke 22:32:16Luke.22.32.W16TAB
στήρισον
stêrison
“strengthen”
- Transliteration
- STÊ-ri-son
- Extended
- STÊE-rih-sohn
- IPA
- /ˈstɛː.ri.son/
Meaning by language
- English
- strengthen
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Alphabet Analysis
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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The word
Word in context
- word
STÊ-ri-son
- sentence
e-GO de e-de-Ê-thên pe-RI SOU HI-na mê e-KLI-pêi hê PI-stis sou kai SY PO-te e-pi-STRE-psas STÊ-ri-son tous a-del-PHOUS sou
Exegesis
This participial phrase is subordinate to the main imperative stērison {στήρισον | stḗrison} “strengthen,” which carries the primary exhortational force of the second clause.
Root and etymology
sterizōsigma–tau–eta–rho–iota–zeta–omega
“to make firm, support, establish”
In context — Luke 22:32
But I have prayed for you, that your faith may not fail; and you, when you have turned back, strengthen your brothers.
About this coordinate
Luke 22:32:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of Luke 22:32, so the Greek word στήρισον (stêrison) 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.22.32.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (Luke.22.32.W16.S1) and character.