Matthew 13:33:6Matt.13.33.W6TAB
ἐστὶν
estin
“is”
- Transliteration
- e-STIN
- Extended
- eh-STIhn
- IPA
- /eˈstin/
Meaning by language
- English
- is
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Alphabet Analysis
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
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e-STIN
- sentence
AL-lên pa-ra-bo-LÊN e-LA-lê-sen au-TOIS ho-MOI-a e-STIN hê ba-si-LEI-a tôn ou-ra-NÔN DY-MÊI hên la-BOU-sa gy-NÊ e-NE-kry-psen eis a-LEU-rou SA-ta TRI-a HE-ōs hou e-dzy-MÔ-thê HO-lon
Exegesis
The comparison homoiā estin hē basileia tōn ouranōn zymē {Ὁμοία ἐστὶν ἡ βασιλεία τῶν οὐρανῶν ζύμῃ | ho-moí-a é-stin hē ba-si-leí-a tōn ou-ra-nōn zý-mē} ‘the kingdom of the heavens is like leaven’ uses the predicate adjective and a dative of likeness to introduce a metaphor.
In context — Matthew 13:33
He spoke another parable to them: “The kingdom of the heavens is like leaven that a woman, having taken, hid in three measures of flour until the whole was leavened.”
About this coordinate
Matthew 13:33:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Matthew 13:33, so the Greek word ἐστὶν (estin) 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.13.33.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Matt.13.33.W6.S1) and character.