Hebrews 11:39:3Heb.11.39.W3TAB
μαρτυρηθέντες
martyrêthentes
“having been testified about”
- Transliteration
- mar-ty-rê-THEN-tes
- Extended
- mahr-ty-REH-THEHN-tes
- IPA
- /mar.ty.rɛːˈtʰen.tes/
Meaning by language
- English
- having been testified about
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Alphabet Analysis
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Theta | th — as in thin | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (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
mar-ty-rê-THEN-tes
- sentence
KAI PAN-tes mar-ty-rê-THEN-tes di-A tês PIS-te-ôs ouk e-ko-MI-san-to tên e-pan-ge-LI-an
Exegesis
It is immediately qualified by the aorist passive participle martyrethentes {μαρτυρηθέντες | mar-tu-re-THÉN-tes} “having been testified to” or “having been commended,” which functions attributively to describe the group as those who have already received affirmation.
In context — Hebrews 11:39
And all these, having been commended through faith , did not receive the promise .
About this coordinate
Hebrews 11:39:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Hebrews 11:39, so the Greek word μαρτυρηθέντες (martyrêthentes) 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 Heb.11.39.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Heb.11.39.W3.S1) and character.