Matthew 13:21:19Matt.13.21.W19TAB
σκανδαλίζεται
skandalidzetai
“he falls away”
- Transliteration
- skan-da-LI-dze-tai
- Extended
- skahn-dah-LIH-dzeh-tai
- IPA
- /skan.daˈli.dze.tai/
Meaning by language
- English
- he falls away
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Kappa | k — as in kite | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Delta | th — as in this | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Zeta | z — as in daze | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Iota | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
- word
skan-da-LI-dze-tai
- sentence
ouk E-khei de RHI-zan en he-au-TO al-LA PROS-kai-ROS E-stin ge-no-ME-nês de THLI-psē-ōs Ê di-ōg-MOU di-A ton LO-gon eu-THYS skan-da-LI-dze-tai
Exegesis
The adverb euthys {εὐθὺς | eu-THÝS} “immediately” heightens the sense of rapid collapse, while the passive verb skandalizetai {σκανδαλίζεται | skan-da-LÍ-ze-tai} portrays the subject as being made to stumble, conveying offense, spiritual derailment, or apostasy. In translation, the genitive absolute is rendered as a temporal “when” clause, the metaphor of “root” is preserved for its thematic importance in the parable, and the passive “is caused to stumble” is expressed as “falls away” and “gives up” to communicate the resultant turning away under pressure.
In context — Matthew 13:21
Yet he has no root in himself, but is only temporary; when tribulation or persecution arises because of the word, immediately he falls away .
About this coordinate
Matthew 13:21:19 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 19 of Matthew 13:21, so the Greek word σκανδαλίζεται (skandalidzetai) 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.13.21.W19, which extends further down to each syllable (Matt.13.21.W19.S1) and character.