Luke 23:12:3Luke.23.12.W3TAB
φίλοι
philoi
“friends”
- Transliteration
- PHI-loi
- Extended
- pʰih-LOI
- IPA
- /ˈpʰi.loi/
Meaning by language
- English
- friends
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Alphabet Analysis
| Phi | ph — as in phone (f) | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Iota | i — as in machine |
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The word
Word in context
- word
PHI-loi
- clause
e-GHE-no-nto de PHI-loi HO te hê-ROH-dês kai HO pi-LA-tos en au-TAI têi hê-ME-rai met al-LÊ-lōn
- sentence
e-GHE-no-nto de PHI-loi HO te hê-ROH-dês kai HO pi-LA-tos en au-TAI têi hê-ME-rai met al-LÊ-lōn pro-y-PÊr-khon gar en EKH-thrai ON-tes pros hau-TOUS
Exegesis
The subject is expanded appositionally: philoi {φίλοι | PHÍ-loi} ‘friends’ is predicative, while ho te Hērōidēs kai ho Pilatos {ὁ τε Ἡρῴδης καὶ ὁ Πιλᾶτος | ho te Hē-RŌI-dēs kai ho Pi-LÂ-tos} supplies the coordinated proper nouns, with te…kai forming a correlative pair “both…and.”
Root and etymology
phil-phi–iota–lambda
“love, affection, friendship”
In context — Luke 23:12
And on that very day , both Herod and Pilate became friends with each other, for previously they had been in enmity toward each other.
About this coordinate
Luke 23:12:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Luke 23:12, so the Greek word φίλοι (philoi) 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.23.12.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Luke.23.12.W3.S1) and character.