Luke 23:1:5Luke.23.1.W5TAB
πλῆθος
plêthos
“multitude”
- Transliteration
- PLÊ-thos
- Extended
- PLÊH-thohs
- IPA
- /ˈplɛː.tʰos/
Meaning by language
- English
- multitude
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Alphabet Analysis
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Theta | th — as in thin | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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The word
Word in context
- word
PLÊ-thos
- sentence
KAI a-na-STAN HA-pan to PLÊ-thos au-TÔN Ê-ga-gon au-TON e-PI ton pi-LA-ton
Exegesis
This participial clause modifies the collective subject hapan to plethos auton {ἅπαν τὸ πλῆθος αὐτῶν | há-pan tó plê-thos au-tôn}, where the adjective hapan intensifies the noun plethos ‘multitude’ to stress that the entire group acts in unison.
Root and etymology
pleth-pi–lambda–eta–theta
“fullness, great number”
In context — Luke 23:1
And having arisen, the entire multitude of them led Him to Pilate .
About this coordinate
Luke 23:1:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Luke 23:1, so the Greek word πλῆθος (plêthos) 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.23.1.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Luke.23.1.W5.S1) and character.