Romans 16:12:14Rom.16.12.W14TAB
πολλὰ
polla
“much”
- Transliteration
- pol-LA
- Extended
- pohl-LAH
- IPA
- /polˈla/
Meaning by language
- English
- much
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Alphabet Analysis
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father |
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Word in context
- word
pol-LA
- 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 qualitative relative pronoun hētis {ἥτις | hḗtis} introduces a relative clause that highlights her exemplary status: hētis polla ekopiasen {ἥτις πολλὰ ἐκοπίασεν | hḗtis pollà ekopíasen}, literally ‘who labored much (things)’, an idiom rendered with an adverbial sense ‘has labored much’.
Root and etymology
poluspi–omicron–lambda–upsilon–sigma
“much, many, abundant”
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 16:12:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of Romans 16:12, so the Greek word πολλὰ (polla) 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.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (Rom.16.12.W14.S1) and character.