Luke 3:2:7Luke.3.2.W7TAB

ῥῆμα

rheema

word

Transliteration
RHEE-ma
Extended
RHEE-mah
IPA
/ˈrɛː.ma/

Meaning by language

English
word

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Result
ῥῆ + μα
rhee + ma
rheema

Alphabet Analysis

Rhor — rolled r
Etai — as in machine
Mum — as in mother
Alphaah — as in father

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Word in context

  1. word

    RHEE-ma

  2. 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 contextLuke 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.