Luke 23:5:3Luke.23.5.W3TAB
ἐπίσχυον
epeeskhyon
“they were pressing”
- Transliteration
- e-PEE-skhy-on
- Extended
- eh-PEE-skhy-ohn
- IPA
- /eˈpis.kʰy.on/
Meaning by language
- English
- they were pressing
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Alphabet Analysis
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Chi | h/kh — like Bach | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
- word
e-PEE-skhy-on
- phraseyour reading level
hoi DE e-PEE-skhy-on LE-gon-tes HO-ti a-na-SEI-ei ton la-ON di-DAS-kōn kath HO-lēs tês i-ou-dai-AS
- sentence
hoi DE e-PEE-skhy-on LE-gon-tes HO-ti a-na-SEI-ei ton la-ON di-DAS-kōn kath HO-lēs tês i-ou-dai-AS KAI ar-KSA-me-nos a-PO tês ga-li-lai-AS HE-ōs HŌ-de
Exegesis
The main narrative clause uses the subject implied in epischyon {ἐπίσχυον | epískhuon} ‘they were insisting strongly’, with the participle legontes {λέγοντες | légontes} ‘saying’ in nominative masculine plural functioning as a supplementary depiction of how their insistence was expressed, forming a finite verb plus circumstantial participle construction.
In context — Luke 23:5
But they kept insisting, saying, “He stirs up the people , teaching throughout all Judea and, having begun from Galilee , up to here.”
About this coordinate
Luke 23:5:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Luke 23:5, so the Greek word ἐπίσχυον (epeeskhyon) 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.23.5.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Luke.23.5.W3.S1) and character.