Matthew 14:26:13Matt.14.26.W13TAB
Φάντασμά
phantasma
“a ghost”
- Transliteration
- PHAN-ta-sma
- Extended
- PHAN-ta-sma
- IPA
- /ˈpʰan.tas.ma/
Meaning by language
- English
- a ghost
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Phi | ph — as in phone (f) | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father |
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Word in context
- word
PHAN-ta-sma
- phraseyour reading level
hoi DE ma-thê-TAI i-DON-tes au-TON e-PI TÊS tha-LAS-sês pe-ri-pa-TOUN-ta e-ta-RAKH-thê-san LE-gon-tes HO-ti PHAN-ta-sma e-stin
- sentence
hoi DE ma-thê-TAI i-DON-tes au-TON e-PI TÊS tha-LAS-sês pe-ri-pa-TOUN-ta e-ta-RAKH-thê-san LE-gon-tes HO-ti PHAN-ta-sma e-stin KAI a-PO TOO PHO-boo E-kra-ksan
Exegesis
The main verb etaráchthēsan {ἐταράχθησαν | etaráchthēsan} ‘they were troubled’ conveys the disciples’ inner disturbance, followed by the participle légontes hóti {λέγοντες ὅτι | légontes hóti} ‘saying that’ introducing their interpretation clause phántasma estin {Φάντασμά ἐστιν | phántasma estin} ‘It is a ghost.’
Root and etymology
phantaz-phi alpha nu tau alpha zeta
“to make visible, to cause to appear”
In context — Matthew 14:26
But the disciples, when they saw Him walking on the sea, were shaken, saying, “It is a ghost !” and in fear they cried out.
About this coordinate
Matthew 14:26:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of Matthew 14:26, so the Greek word Φάντασμά (phantasma) 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.14.26.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (Matt.14.26.W13.S1) and character.