Luke 22:34:10Luke.22.34.W10TAB
ἀλέκτωρ
alektōr
“rooster”
- Transliteration
- a-LEK-tōr
- Extended
- ah-LEHK-tohr
- IPA
- /aˈlek.tɔːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- rooster
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Kappa | k — as in kite | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Omega | o — same as omicron | |
| Rho | r — rolled r |
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Word in context
- word
a-LEK-tōr
- sentence
ho de EI-pen LE-go soi PE-tre ou phō-NÊ-sei SÊ-me-ron a-LEK-tōr HE-ōs TRIS me a-par-NÊ-sēi ei-DE-nai
Exegesis
The sequence ou phōnēsei sēmeron alektōr {οὐ φωνήσει σήμερον ἀλέκτωρ | ou phō-né-sei sḗ-me-ron a-lék-tōr} places the negation ou before the future verb phōnēsei, yielding “will not crow today,” with sēmeron specifying the temporal frame and alektōr as the subject.
Root and etymology
alektōralpha–lambda–epsilon–kappa–tau–omega–rho
“rooster, cock”
In context — Luke 22:34
But He said, “I tell you, Peter, the rooster will not crow today until you deny three times that you know Me .”
About this coordinate
Luke 22:34:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Luke 22:34, so the Greek word ἀλέκτωρ (alektōr) 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.22.34.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Luke.22.34.W10.S1) and character.