Luke 6:49:27Luke.6.49.W27TAB
ῥῆγμα
rhêgma
“ruin”
- Transliteration
- RHÊG-ma
- Extended
- HRAYG-mah
- IPA
- /ˈr̥ɛːg.ma/
Meaning by language
- English
- ruin
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Gamma | gh — guttural | |
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father |
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Word in context
- word
RHÊG-ma
- sentence
ho de a-KOU-sas KAI MÊ poi-Ê-sas HO-moi-OS ES-tin an-THRÔ-pō oi-ko-do-MÊ-san-ti oi-KI-an e-PI tên gên khō-RIS the-me-LI-ou hêi pro-SE-rêx-en ho po-ta-MOS KAI eu-THYS sy-NE-pe-sen KAI e-GE-ne-to to RHÊG-ma tês oi-KI-as e-KEI-nês ME-ga
Exegesis
Finally, egéneto tò rhêgma tēs oikías ekeínēs méga {ἐγένετο τὸ ῥῆγμα τῆς οἰκίας ἐκείνης μέγα | egéneto tò rhêgma tēs oikías ekeínēs méga} presents “the ruin” as the subject of “became,” with méga intensifying the scale of destruction.
Root and etymology
Rootrho–eta–gamma–nu–upsilon–mu–iota
“to break, burst, tear apart”
In context — Luke 6:49
But the one who has heard and does not do is like a man who built his house directly on the ground with no foundation ; when the river struck it, it collapsed at once, and the ruin of that house was great.
About this coordinate
Luke 6:49:27 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 27 of Luke 6:49, so the Greek word ῥῆγμα (rhêgma) 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.6.49.W27, which extends further down to each syllable (Luke.6.49.W27.S1) and character.