Luke 5:6:8Luke.5.6.W8TAB
διερρήσσετο
dierrhêsseto
“was breaking”
- Transliteration
- di-er-RHÊS-se-to
- Extended
- dee-ehr-RHÊHS-seh-toh
- IPA
- /di.erˈrɛːs.se.to/
Meaning by language
- English
- was breaking
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Delta | th — as in this | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) |
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Word in context
- word
di-er-RHÊS-se-to
- sentence
KAI TOU-to poi-EE-san-tes sy-NE-klei-san PLÊ-thos ikh-THY-ôn po-LY di-er-RHÊS-se-to de ta DIK-ty-a au-TÔN
Exegesis
The particle de {δὲ | dè}, placed after the imperfect middle/passive dierrēsseto {διερρήσσετο | dierrésseto} ‘was breaking’, signals a transition to the resultant strain.
In context — Luke 5:6
And when they had done this, they trapped a great multitude of fish , and their nets began to tear.
About this coordinate
Luke 5:6:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Luke 5:6, so the Greek word διερρήσσετο (dierrhêsseto) 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.5.6.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Luke.5.6.W8.S1) and character.