luke
pronunciation
How to pronounce luke in British English:
UK [lu:k]
How to pronounce luke in American English:
US [luk]
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- Noun:
- (New Testament) the Apostle closely associated with St Paul and traditionally assumed to be the author of the third Gospel
- one of the four Gospels in the New Testament; contains details of Jesus's birth and early life
Word Origin
- luke (adj.)
- obsolete except in lukewarm (late 14c.), from Middle English leuk "tepid" (c. 1200), of unknown origin; perhaps from Middle Dutch or Old Frisian leuk "tepid, weak," or from Old English hleowe (adv.) "warm," all from Proto-Germanic *khlewaz (see lee).
- Luke
- masc. proper name, from Latin Lucas (Greek Loukas), contraction of Lucanus literally "of Lucania," district in Lower Italy, home of the Lucani, a branch of the Sabelline race.
Example
- 1. Jesus chose 70 disciples ( luke 10:1 ) .
- 2. The crucial part of yoda 's dialogue with luke is " believe . "
- 3. Often in the book of acts , luke makes a general statement and then gives a concrete example of it .
- 4. Mary 's song in luke 1 ends with the theme of god 's faithfulness .
- 5. And turner says luke plays up the shepherds to emphasize lowly people who follow jesus .