Luke 23:44:9Luke.23.44.W9TAB
ἐγένετο
egeneto
“happened”
- Transliteration
- e-GE-ne-to
- Extended
- eh-GEH-neh-toh
- IPA
- /eˈge.ne.to/
Meaning by language
- English
- happened
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Alphabet Analysis
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Gamma | gh — guttural | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) |
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Word in context
- word
e-GE-ne-to
- sentence
KAI ÊN Ê-dê hō-sei HÔ-ra HEK-tê KAI SKO-tos e-GE-ne-to eph HO-lên tên gên HE-ōs HÔ-ras e-NA-tês
Exegesis
The conjunction kai {καὶ | kaì} links that temporal notice to the main observation, skotos egeneto {σκότος ἐγένετο | skótos egéneto}, which presents the darkness as an event that arrived.
In context — Luke 23:44
And it was now about the sixth hour , and darkness came over the whole land until the ninth hour.
About this coordinate
Luke 23:44:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Luke 23:44, so the Greek word ἐγένετο (egeneto) 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.23.44.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Luke.23.44.W9.S1) and character.