Matthew 14:12:4Matt.14.12.W4TAB
μαθηταὶ
mathêtai
“disciples”
- Transliteration
- ma-thê-TAI
- Extended
- mah-thê-TAI
- IPA
- /ma.tʰeːˈtai/
Meaning by language
- English
- disciples
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Theta | th — as in thin | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Iota | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
- word
ma-thê-TAI
- phraseyour reading level
KAI pro-sel-THON-tes HOI ma-thê-TAI au-TOO Ê-ran TO PTÔ-ma KAI E-tha-psan au-TON
- 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
The initial participle proselthontes {προσελθόντες | proselthóntes} ‘having come’ with its subject hoi mathetai autou {οἱ μαθηταὶ αὐτοῦ | hoi mathētai autou} ‘his disciples’ forms a temporal clause, understood as “when his disciples came,” leading into the first main verb ēran {ἦραν | êran} ‘they took up.’
Root and etymology
manthanōmu–alpha–nu–theta–alpha–nu–omega
“to learn, be instructed”
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 14:12:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Matthew 14:12, so the Greek word μαθηταὶ (mathêtai) 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.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Matt.14.12.W4.S1) and character.