Luke 17:22:5Luke.17.22.W5TAB
μαθητάς
mathêtas
“disciples”
- Transliteration
- ma-thê-TAS
- Extended
- mah-thê-TAHS
- IPA
- /ma.tʰɛːˈtas/
Meaning by language
- English
- disciples
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Theta | th — as in thin | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ma-thê-TAS
- sentence
EI-pen de pros tous ma-thê-TAS e-LEU-son-tai hê-ME-rai HO-te e-pi-thy-MÊ-sē-te MI-an tôn hê-me-RÔN tou hy-IU tou an-THRÔ-pou i-DEIN kai ouk OP-se-sthe
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase pros tous mathetas {πρὸς τοὺς μαθητάς | pròs toùs mathētás} ‘to the disciples’ specifies the audience and frames the following words as insider instruction.
Root and etymology
Rootmu alpha nu theta alpha nu omega
“to learn”
In context — Luke 17:22
And He said to the disciples, “Days will come when you will long to see one of the days of the Son of Man , and you will not see it.”
About this coordinate
Luke 17:22:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Luke 17:22, so the Greek word μαθητάς (mathêtas) 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.17.22.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Luke.17.22.W5.S1) and character.