Luke 7:39:27Luke.7.39.W27TAB
ἁμαρτωλός
hamartōlos
“a sinner”
- Transliteration
- ha-mar-tō-LOS
- Extended
- hah-mahr-toh-LOHS
- IPA
- /ha.mar.tɔːˈlos/
Meaning by language
- English
- a sinner
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Alphabet Analysis
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Omega | o — same as omicron | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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Word in context
- word
ha-mar-tō-LOS
- sentence
i-DON de ho pha-ri-SAI-os ho ka-LE-sas au-TON EI-pen en he-au-TÔI LE-gōn HOU-tos ei ÊN pro-PHÊ-tês e-GI-nō-sken AN TIS kai po-ta-PÊ hê gy-NÊ HÊ-tis HAP-te-tai au-TOU HO-ti ha-mar-tō-LOS ES-tin
Exegesis
The present middle/passive haptetai {ἅπτεται | háptetai} ‘is touching’ emphasizes ongoing contact, and the causal hoti {ὅτι | hóti} ‘because’ introduces the evaluative clause with hamartōlos estin {ἁμαρτωλός ἐστιν | hamartōlós éstin} ‘she is a sinner,’ revealing the Pharisee’s rationale. The English preserves the participial layering and the unreal condition.
Root and etymology
hamartanōeta–mu–alpha–rho–tau–alpha–nu–omega
“to miss the mark, to sin”
In context — Luke 7:39
When the Pharisee who had invited Him saw it, he said within himself, “If this man were a prophet , He would know who and what kind of woman is touching Him, that she is a sinner.”
About this coordinate
Luke 7:39:27 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 27 of Luke 7:39, so the Greek word ἁμαρτωλός (hamartōlos) 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.7.39.W27, which extends further down to each syllable (Luke.7.39.W27.S1) and character.