Luke 4:23:3Luke.4.23.W3TAB
πρὸς
pros
“to”
- Transliteration
- pros
- Extended
- prohs
- IPA
- /pros/
Meaning by language
- English
- to
Alphabet Analysis
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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Word in context
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pros
- sentence
KAI EI-pen pros au-TOUS PAN-tōs e-REI-TE moi tēn pa-ra-bo-LĒN TAU-tēn i-a-TRÉ the-RA-peu-son se-au-TON HO-sa ē-KOU-sa-men ge-NO-me-na eis tēn ka-phar-na-OUM POI-ē-son KAI HŌ-de en têi pa-TRI-di sou
Exegesis
The verse begins with the conjunction kai {καὶ | kaì} connecting Jesus’ remark to the prior account, followed by the aorist indicative eipen {εἶπεν | eî-pen} introducing his speech and the prepositional phrase pros autous {πρὸς αὐτούς | pròs au-toús} specifying the audience.
Root and etymology
leproslambda–epsilon–pi–rho–omicron–sigma
“scaly, leprous”
In context — Luke 4:23
And He said to them, “Surely you will tell Me this proverb : ‘Physician, heal Yourself. What we heard took place in Capernaum, do here also in Your hometown.’”
About this coordinate
Luke 4:23:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Luke 4:23, so the Greek word πρὸς (pros) 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.4.23.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Luke.4.23.W3.S1) and character.