Matthew 14:12:14Matt.14.12.W14TAB
ἀπήγγειλαν
apêngyeilan
“they told”
- Transliteration
- a-PÊNG-yei-lan
- Extended
- ah-PÊNG-yei-lahn
- IPA
- /aˈpeːŋ.ʝiː.lan/
Meaning by language
- English
- they told
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Alphabet Analysis
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Gamma | gh — guttural | |
| Gamma | gh — guttural | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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The word
Word in context
- word
a-PÊNG-yei-lan
- phraseyour reading level
KAI el-THON-tes a-PÊNG-yei-lan TOI ee-ay-SOO
- sentence
KAI pro-sel-THON-tes HOI ma-thê-TAI au-TOO Ê-ran TO PTÔ-ma KAI E-tha-psan au-TON KAI el-THON-tes a-PÊNG-yei-lan TOI ee-ay-SOO
Exegesis
A second aorist participle elthontes {ἐλθόντες | elthóntes} ‘having come’ precedes apēngeilan {ἀπήγγειλαν | apḗngeilan} ‘they reported,’ functioning as another temporal circumstantial clause (“then they went and reported”).
Root and etymology
apangellōapangéllō | alpha–pi–alpha–gamma–gamma–epsilon–lambda–lambda–omega
“to announce, report”
In context — Matthew 14:12
And his disciples came and took up the body and buried him, and went and reported it to Jesus .
About this coordinate
Matthew 14:12:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of Matthew 14:12, so the Greek word ἀπήγγειλαν (apêngyeilan) 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.14.12.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (Matt.14.12.W14.S1) and character.