Matthew 14:2:7Matt.14.2.W7TAB
ἐστιν
estin
“is”
- Transliteration
- es-tin
- Extended
- es-tin
- IPA
- /es.tin/
Meaning by language
- English
- is
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Alphabet Analysis
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
- word
es-tin
- clause
hoo-TOS es-tin i-ô-AN-nês ho bap-tis-TÊS
- 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
Direct discourse opens with the demonstrative houtos {Οὗτός | Hoû-tos} functioning as a deictic subject (“this one”), leading into an equative clause houtos estin Iōannēs ho baptistēs {Οὗτός ἐστιν Ἰωάννης ὁ βαπτιστής | Hoû-tos é-stin I-ō-án-nēs ho bap-tis-tḗs}, where the copula estin {ἐστιν | é-stin} links the demonstrative to the identifying predicate nominative “John the Baptist.”
Root and etymology
exestiepsilon–xi–epsilon–sigma–tau–iota
“it is permitted, it is lawful”
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 14:2:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Matthew 14:2, so the Greek word ἐστιν (estin) 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.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Matt.14.2.W7.S1) and character.