Matthew 13:47:8Matt.13.47.W8TAB
σαγήνῃ
sagênêi
“to a net”
- Transliteration
- sa-GÊ-nêi
- Extended
- sah-GÊ-nêi
- IPA
- /saˈɣɛː.nɛːi/
Meaning by language
- English
- to a net
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Gamma | gh — guttural | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Eta | i — as in machine |
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The word
Word in context
- word
sa-GÊ-nêi
- sentence
PA-lin ho-MOI-a es-TIN hê ba-si-LEI-a tôn ou-ra-NÔN sa-GÊ-nêi blê-THEI-sêi eis tên THA-las-san KAI ek pan-TOS GE-nous sy-na-ga-GOU-sêi
Exegesis
The dative sagēnē blētheisē {σαγήνῃ βληθείσῃ | sa-gḗ-nē blē-theí-sē} functions as the object of comparison, with the aorist passive participle blētheisē characterizing the dragnet as one that has been cast, a completed action that sets up the ensuing result.
Root and etymology
gegamma–eta
“earth, soil, land”
In context — Matthew 13:47
Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a net that was cast into the sea and gathered every kind :
About this coordinate
Matthew 13:47:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Matthew 13:47, so the Greek word σαγήνῃ (sagênêi) 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.13.47.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Matt.13.47.W8.S1) and character.