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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Result
μα + θη + ταὶ
ma + thê + tai
mathêtai

Alphabet Analysis

Mum — as in mother
Alphaah — as in father
Thetath — as in thin
Etai — as in machine
Taut — as in top
Alphaah — as in father
Iotai — as in machine

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Word in context

  1. word

    ma-thê-TAI

  2. 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 contextLuke 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.