Luke 6:9:4Luke.6.9.W4TAB
Ἰησοῦς
Eeaysoos
“Jesus”
- Transliteration
- ee-ay-SOOS
- Academic
- Iēsous
- Extended
- ee-AY-SOOS
- IPA
- /i.eːˈsuːs/
Meaning by language
- English
- Jesus
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ee-ay-SOOS
- sentence
EI-pen DE ho ee-ay-SOOS pros au-TOUS e-pe-rô-TO hy-MAS ei EK-ses-tin tôi sab-BA-tôi a-ga-tho-poi-E-sai Ê ka-ko-poi-E-sai psy-KHÊN SÔ-sai Ê a-po-LE-sai
Exegesis
The verse begins with the narrative frame eipen de ho Iesous pros autous {εἶπεν δὲ ὁ Ἰησοῦς πρὸς αὐτούς | eî-pen dè ho Iē-soûs pròs au-toús}, where the postpositive de links this statement to the prior context while ho Iesous serves as the subject of eipen. The prepositional phrase pros autous specifies the audience of the speech.
Root and etymology
Iesousiota–eta–sigma–omicron–upsilon–sigma
“Yahweh is salvation”
In context — Luke 6:9
But Jesus said to them, “I ask you, is it lawful on the Sabbath to do good or to do evil, to save a life or to destroy it?”
About this coordinate
Luke 6:9:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Luke 6:9, so the Greek word Ἰησοῦς (Eeaysoos) 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.6.9.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Luke.6.9.W4.S1) and character.