Luke 3:2:7Luke.3.2.W7TAB
ῥῆμα
rheema
“word”
- Transliteration
- RHEE-ma
- Extended
- RHEE-mah
- IPA
- /ˈrɛː.ma/
Meaning by language
- English
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Alphabet Analysis
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father |
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Word in context
- word
RHEE-ma
- sentence
e-PEE ar-khi-e-RE-os HAN-na KAI ka-i-A-pha e-GHE-ne-to RHEE-ma the-OU e-PEE i-o-AN-nee(n) ton za-kha-REE-ou hy-ON en têi e-RÊÊ-mō
Exegesis
The impersonal-experiential verb egeneto {ἐγένετο | e-GÉ-ne-to} introduces the divine event, with rhēma theou {ῥῆμα θεοῦ | rhê-ma the-oû} ‘the word of God’ as the nominative subject and the genitive of theou marking divine agency.
Root and etymology
rhe-rho–eta
“spoken word”
In context — Luke 3:2
In the days when Annas and Caiaphas held the high priesthood, the word of God came to John, the son of Zechariah in the wilderness .
About this coordinate
Luke 3:2:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Luke 3:2, so the Greek word ῥῆμα (rheema) 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.3.2.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Luke.3.2.W7.S1) and character.