Romans 16:12:12Rom.16.12.W12TAB
ἀγαπητήν
agapêtên
“beloved”
- Transliteration
- a-ga-pê-TÊN
- Extended
- ah-gah-peh-TAYN
- IPA
- /a.ga.pɛːˈtɛːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- beloved
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Gamma | gh — guttural | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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The word
Word in context
- word
a-ga-pê-TÊN
- sentence
as-PA-sa-sthe TRY-phae-nan KAI try-PHO-san TAS ko-pi-O-sas en ky-REE-ō as-PA-sa-sthe per-SI-da tên a-ga-pê-TÊN HÊ-tis pol-LA e-ko-PI-a-sen en ky-REE-ō
Exegesis
The second clause repeats aspasasthe with a new object, Persida {Περσίδα | Persída}, further defined by the attributive adjective agapētēn {ἀγαπητὴν | agapētḕn} ‘beloved’ in the article–adjective sequence tēn agapētēn {τὴν ἀγαπητὴν | tḕn agapētḕn}.
Root and etymology
agapaōalpha–gamma–alpha–pi–alpha–omega
“to love, cherish deeply”
In context — Romans 16:12
Greet Tryphaena and Tryphosa, those who have labored in the Lord . Greet Persis, the beloved, who has labored much in the Lord.
About this coordinate
Romans 16:12:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Romans 16:12, so the Greek word ἀγαπητήν (agapêtên) 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 Rom.16.12.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Rom.16.12.W12.S1) and character.