Luke 22:47:8Luke.22.47.W8TAB
λεγόμενος
legomenos
“being called”
- Transliteration
- le-GO-me-nos
- Extended
- leh-GOH-meh-nohs
- IPA
- /leˈgo.me.nos/
Meaning by language
- English
- being called
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Gamma | gh — guttural | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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Word in context
- word
le-GO-me-nos
- sentence
E-ti au-TOU la-LOUN-tos i-DOU O-khλος KAI ho le-GO-me-nos i-OU-das HEIS tôn DO-de-ka pro-ÊR-khe-to au-TOUS KAI ÊN-gi-sen tôi ee-ay-SOO phi-LÊ-sai au-TON
Exegesis
The coordinated clause kai ho legomenos Ioudas heis tōn dōdeka {καὶ ὁ λεγόμενος Ἰούδας εἷς τῶν δώδεκα | kaí ho le-gó-me-nos I-ou-das heís tôn dṓ-de-ka} uses a participle with article (“the one being called Judas”) plus the genitive phrase “one of the twelve” in apposition, underlining both his identity and his intimate relationship to the apostolic group.
In context — Luke 22:47
While He was still speaking, behold, a crowd came, and the one called Judas, one of the twelve, was going before them, and he approached Jesus to kiss Him.
About this coordinate
Luke 22:47:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Luke 22:47, so the Greek word λεγόμενος (legomenos) 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.22.47.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Luke.22.47.W8.S1) and character.