Luke 1:18:14Luke.1.18.W14PAT
πρεσβύτης
presbytês
“old man”
- Transliteration
- pres-BY-tês
- Extended
- prehs-BY-tês
- IPA
- /presˈbyː.tɛːs/
Meaning by language
- English
- old man
- French
- vieil homme
- Spanish
- anciano
- Portuguese
- idoso
- German
- alter Mann
- Russian
- старик
- Arabic-Simplified
- شيخ
- Hindi
- बूढ़ा आदमी
- Chinese-Simplified
- 老人
- Korean
- 노인
- Indonesian
- orang tua
- Bengali
- বৃদ্ধ
- Tagalog
- matandang lalaki
- Swahili
- mzee
- Amharic
- ሽማግሌ
- Yoruba
- agbalagba ọkùnrin
- Igbo
- agadi nwoke
- Twi
- akɔkora
- Ewe
- tsɔtsɔ nwoke
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Result
πρεσ + βύ + της
↓
pres + by + tês
↓
presbytês
Alphabet Analysis
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Beta | v — as in victory | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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Word in context
- word
pres-BY-tês
- sentence
e-GÔ GAR EI-mi pres-BY-tês KAI hê gy-NÊ moo pro-be-bê-KYI-a en TAIS hê-ME-rais au-TÊS
In context — Luke 1:18
and {He} said Zechariah to the angel by what I will know this I for am old man and the wife my advanced in the days of her
About this coordinate
Luke 1:18:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of Luke 1:18, so the Greek word πρεσβύτης (presbytês) 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.1.18.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (Luke.1.18.W14.S1) and character.