Matthew 14:17:11Matt.14.17.W11TAB
ἄρτους
artoos
“loaves”
- Transliteration
- AR-toos
- Extended
- AR-toos
- IPA
- /ˈar.tuːs/
Meaning by language
- English
- loaves
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Alphabet Analysis
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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Word in context
- word
AR-toos
- clause
ook E-kho-men HÔ-de ei MÊ PEN-te AR-toos KAI DY-o ikh-THY-as
- sentence
hoi DE LE-goo-sin au-TÔ ook E-kho-men HÔ-de ei MÊ PEN-te AR-toos KAI DY-o ikh-THY-as
Exegesis
The direct object phrase pente artous kai duo ichthyas {πέντε ἄρτους καὶ δύο ἰχθύας | pénte ártous kaí dýo ichthýas} lists the precise quantity of loaves and fish in simple parataxis with kai. Syntactically, the movement runs from a generalized negated possession to a sharply defined exception, highlighting scarcity in contrast to the need implied by the broader narrative. In translation, the formal rendering preserves the negative-plus-exception sequence (“We have nothing here except...”), while the dynamic version reshapes it into more idiomatic English (“All we have here are...”) yet retains the same limitation introduced by the Greek exceptive structure.
Root and etymology
artosalpha–rho–tau–omicron–sigma
“bread, loaf”
In context — Matthew 14:17
But they said to Him , “We have nothing here except five loaves and two fish.”
About this coordinate
Matthew 14:17:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Matthew 14:17, so the Greek word ἄρτους (artoos) 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.14.17.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Matt.14.17.W11.S1) and character.