Luke 2:8:11Luke.2.8.W11PAT
φυλάσσοντες
phylassontes
“keeping watch”
- Transliteration
- phy-LAS-son-tes
- Extended
- phy-LAS-son-tes
- IPA
- /pʰy.ˈlas.son.tes/
Meaning by language
- English
- keeping watch
- French
- veillant
- Spanish
- velando
- Portuguese
- velando
- German
- Wache haltend
- Russian
- сторожа
- Arabic-Simplified
- يحرسون
- Hindi
- पहरा देते हुए
- Chinese-Simplified
- 看守着
- Korean
- 지키며
- Indonesian
- menjaga
- Bengali
- পাহারা দিচ্ছিল
- Tagalog
- nagbabantay
- Swahili
- wakilinda
- Amharic
- ይጠብቁ ሳሉ
- Yoruba
- ń ṣọ́
- Igbo
- na-eche nche
- Twi
- rehwɛ
- Ewe
- le nɔ ŋu
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Phi | ph — as in phone (f) | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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The word
Word in context
- word
phy-LAS-son-tes
- sentence
KAI POI-me-nes Ê-san en TÊI KHÔ-ra TÊI au-TÊI a-grau-LOUN-tes KAI phy-LAS-son-tes phy-la-KAS TÊS nyk-TOS e-PI TÊN POIM-nên au-TÔN
In context — Luke 2:8
and shepherds were in the region the same staying outdoors and keeping watch watches of the night over the flock of them
About this coordinate
Luke 2:8:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Luke 2:8, so the Greek word φυλάσσοντες (phylassontes) 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.2.8.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Luke.2.8.W11.S1) and character.