Matthew 14:12:8Matt.14.12.W8TAB
⸀πτῶμα
ptôma
“corpse”
- Transliteration
- PTÔ-ma
- Extended
- PTÔ-mah
- IPA
- /ˈptɔː.ma/
Meaning by language
- English
- corpse
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Omega | o — same as omicron | |
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father |
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Word in context
- word
PTÔ-ma
- 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 direct object of this verb is to ptōma {τὸ πτῶμα | to ptô-ma} ‘the body,’ followed by the coordinated aorist ethapsan {ἔθαψαν | éthapsan} ‘they buried,’ which shifts the object to auton {αὐτόν | auton} ‘him,’ viewing the deceased again as a person.
The dative tō Iēsou {τῷ Ἰησοῦ | tō Iēsoû} marks the recipient of the report. The sequence of participles plus main verbs creates a tight chronological flow: approach, care for the body, burial, and subsequent report to Jesus. In English, the participles are rendered as finite verbs (“came,” “went”) to preserve the temporal nuance while maintaining natural narrative style, and the implicit object of “reported” is expressed as “it” in the formal reconstruction for clarity.
Root and etymology
piptōpiptō | pi–iota–pi–tau–omega
“to fall”
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 14:12:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Matthew 14:12, so the Greek word ⸀πτῶμα (ptôma) 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.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Matt.14.12.W8.S1) and character.