Luke 20:19:4Luke.20.19.W4TAB
γραμματεῖς
grammateis
“scribes”
- Transliteration
- gram-ma-TEIS
- Extended
- grahm-mah-TEIS
- IPA
- /gram.maˈteːs/
Meaning by language
- English
- scribes
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Gamma | gh — guttural | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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The word
Word in context
- word
gram-ma-TEIS
- sentence
KAI e-ZÊ-tê-san hoi gram-ma-TEIS KAI hoi ar-khi-e-REIS e-pi-ba-LEIN ep au-TON tas KHEI-ras en au-TÊI TÊI HÔ-ra KAI e-pho-BÊ-thê-san ton la-ON EG-nō-san gar HO-ti pros au-TOUS EI-pen tên pa-ra-bo-LÊN TAU-tên
Exegesis
A compound nominative subject, hoi grammateis {οἱ γραμματεῖς | hoi gram-ma-teîs} and hoi archiereis {οἱ ἀρχιερεῖς | hoi ar-khi-e-reîs}, presents the hostile leadership group acting together.
Root and etymology
grammagamma–rho–alpha–mu–mu–alpha
“written character, letter”
In context — Luke 20:19
And the scribes and the chief priests sought to lay hands on Him at that very hour, and they feared the people; for they perceived that He had spoken this parable against them.
About this coordinate
Luke 20:19:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Luke 20:19, so the Greek word γραμματεῖς (grammateis) 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.20.19.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Luke.20.19.W4.S1) and character.