Matthew 14:2:3Matt.14.2.W3TAB
τοῖς
tois
“to”
- Transliteration
- TOIS
- Extended
- TOIS
- IPA
- /ˈtois/
Meaning by language
- English
- to
Alphabet Analysis
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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Word in context
- word
TOIS
- clause
KAI EI-pen TOIS pai-SIN au-TOO
- sentence
KAI EI-pen TOIS pai-SIN au-TOO hoo-TOS es-tin i-ô-AN-nês ho bap-tis-TÊS au-TOS ê-YER-thê a-PO TÔN ne-KRÔN KAI di-A TOO-to hai dy-NA-meis e-ner-GOO-sin en au-TÔI
Exegesis
The indirect object phrase tois paisin autou {τοῖς παισίν αὐτοῦ | toîs pai-sín au-toû} specifies the audience (“to his servants”) using the dative article–noun–pronoun sequence.
In context — Matthew 14:2
And he said to his servants , “This is John the Baptist; he has been raised from the dead, and because of this, the powers are working in him.”
About this coordinate
Matthew 14:2:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Matthew 14:2, so the Greek word τοῖς (tois) 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.14.2.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Matt.14.2.W3.S1) and character.