Luke 18:15:13Luke.18.15.W13TAB
μαθηταὶ
mathêtai
“disciples”
- Transliteration
- ma-thê-TAI
- Extended
- mah-THEH-tai
- IPA
- /ma.tʰɛːˈtai/
Meaning by language
- English
- disciples
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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 | |
| Iota | i — as in machine |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ma-thê-TAI
- sentence
pro-SE-phe-ron de au-TOI KAI ta BRE-phê HI-na au-TÔN HAP-tē-tai i-DON-tes de hoi ma-thê-TAI e-pe-TI-mon au-TOIS
Exegesis
Another de {δὲ | dé} signals this shift, bringing in the nominative subject hoi mathētai {οἱ μαθηταὶ | hoí ma-thē-tai} ‘the disciples’.
Root and etymology
manthanōmu–alpha–nu–theta–alpha–nu–omega
“to learn, be taught”
In context — Luke 18:15
But they were also bringing the infants to Him so that He might touch them. When the disciples saw this, they were rebuking them.
About this coordinate
Luke 18:15:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of Luke 18:15, so the Greek word μαθηταὶ (mathêtai) 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.18.15.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (Luke.18.15.W13.S1) and character.