Luke 23:25:2Luke.23.25.W2TAB
δὲ
de
“but”
- Transliteration
- de
- Extended
- deh
- IPA
- /de/
Meaning by language
- English
- but
Alphabet Analysis
| Delta | th — as in this | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) |
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Word in context
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a-PE-ly-sen de ton di-A STA-sin kai PHO-non be-blē-ME-non eis phy-la-KÊN hon ēi-TOUN-to
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a-PE-ly-sen de ton di-A STA-sin kai PHO-non be-blē-ME-non eis phy-la-KÊN hon ēi-TOUN-to ton de ee-ay-SOON pa-RE-do-ken tôi the-LÊ-ma-ti au-TÔN
Exegesis
The verse is built from two main aorist actions, apelusen {ἀπέλυσεν | apélusen} and paredōken {παρέδωκεν | parédōken}, with the postpositive de {δὲ | dè} marking a sharp contrast between releasing the guilty prisoner and handing Jesus over.
The second object, ton de Iēsoun {τὸν δὲ Ἰησοῦν | tón dè Iēsoûn}, is fronted with another de {δὲ | dè} to heighten the irony: the same authority that frees the guilty man instead hands Jesus over.
Root and etymology
paideuopi–alpha–iota–delta–epsilon–upsilon–omega
“to educate, train, discipline”
In context — Luke 23:25
And he released the one who had been thrown into prison for insurrection and murder, whom they had been asking for, but he delivered Jesus over to their will.
About this coordinate
Luke 23:25:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Luke 23:25, so the Greek word δὲ (de) 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.23.25.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Luke.23.25.W2.S1) and character.