Luke 23:28:3Luke.23.28.W3TAB
ἔρχονται
erkhontai
“are coming”
- Transliteration
- ER-khon-tai
- Extended
- EHR-khohn-tai
- IPA
- /ˈer.kʰon.tai/
Meaning by language
- English
- are coming
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Alphabet Analysis
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Chi | h/kh — like Bach | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Iota | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
- word
ER-khon-tai
- sentence
HO-ti i-DOU ER-khon-tai hê-ME-rai en HAIS e-ROU-sin ma-KA-ri-ai HAI STEI-rai KAI HAI koi-LEE-ai HAI ouk e-GEN-nê-san KAI mas-TOI HOI ouk E-thre-psan
Exegesis
The preposition ep’ eme {ἐπ’ ἐμέ | ep emé} marks the object of their mourning as “upon Me,” which is then sharply contrasted by plen {πλὴν | plēn} introducing the corrective focus: eph’ heautas {ἐφ’ ἑαυτὰς | eph heautás} and epi ta tekna hymon {ἐπὶ τὰ τέκνα ὑμῶν | epí tà tékna hymôn}.
Root and etymology
erchomaier-kho-mai
“to come, go”
In context — Luke 23:28
But Jesus , having turned to them, said, “Daughters of Jerusalem, do not weep for Me, but weep for yourselves and for your children.”
About this coordinate
Luke 23:28:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Luke 23:28, so the Greek word ἔρχονται (erkhontai) 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.23.28.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Luke.23.28.W3.S1) and character.