Luke 5:21:2Luke.5.21.W2TAB
ἤρξαντο
êrksanto
“they began”
- Transliteration
- ÊR-ksan-to
- Extended
- êhr-ksahn-toh
- IPA
- /ˈɛːr.ksan.to/
Meaning by language
- English
- they began
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Xi | x — as in axiom (ks) | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) |
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Word in context
- word
ÊR-ksan-to
- sentence
KAI ÊR-ksan-to di-a-lo-GI-dze-sthai hoi gram-ma-TEIS KAI hoi pha-ri-SAIOI LE-gon-tes TIS ES-tin HOU-tos hos la-LEI blas-phê-MI-as TIS DY-na-tai ha-mar-TI-as a-PHEI-nai ei mê MO-nos ho the-OS
Exegesis
The verb hērxanto {ἤρξαντο | hḗrxanto} ‘they began’ followed by the infinitive dialogizesthai {διαλογίζεσθαι | dialogízesthai} ‘to reason’ forms a periphrastic construction that highlights the inception of an ongoing internal debate rather than a single remark.
In context — Luke 5:21
And the scribes and the Pharisees began to reason, saying, “Who is this one who speaks blasphemies ? Who can forgive sins except God alone?”
About this coordinate
Luke 5:21:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Luke 5:21, so the Greek word ἤρξαντο (êrksanto) 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.5.21.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Luke.5.21.W2.S1) and character.