Matthew 12:39:6Matt.12.39.W6TAB
Γενεὰ
yenea
“generation”
- Transliteration
- ye-ne-A
- Extended
- yeh-neh-AH
- IPA
- /ʝe.neˈa/
Meaning by language
- English
- generation
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Gamma | gh — guttural | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father |
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Word in context
- word
ye-ne-A
- phraseyour reading level
ye-ne-A po-nê-RA KAI moi-kha-LIS sê-MEI-on e-pi-zê-TEI
- clause
ye-ne-A po-nê-RA KAI moi-kha-LIS sê-MEI-on e-pi-zê-TEI KAI sê-MEI-on oo do-THÊ-se-tai au-TÊ ei MÊ TO sê-MEI-on i-ô-NA TOO pro-PHÊ-too
- sentence
HO DE a-po-kri-THEIS EI-pen au-TOIS ye-ne-A po-nê-RA KAI moi-kha-LIS sê-MEI-on e-pi-zê-TEI KAI sê-MEI-on oo do-THÊ-se-tai au-TÊ ei MÊ TO sê-MEI-on i-ô-NA TOO pro-PHÊ-too
Exegesis
The nominative phrase genea ponera kai moichalis {Γενεὰ πονηρὰ καὶ μοιχαλὶς | ge-ne-ā po-ne-rá kai moi-kha-lís} uses coordinated predicate adjectives to intensify the moral and covenantal indictment.
Root and etymology
genosgamma–epsilon–nu–omicron–sigma
“birth, race, kind”
In context — Matthew 12:39
But He answered them, “An evil and adulterous generation seeks after a sign, and no sign will be given to it except the sign of Jonah the prophet .”
About this coordinate
Matthew 12:39:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Matthew 12:39, so the Greek word Γενεὰ (yenea) 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 Matt.12.39.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Matt.12.39.W6.S1) and character.