Matthew 14:3:16Matt.14.3.W16TAB
γυναῖκα
gynaika
“wife of”
- Transliteration
- gy-NAI-ka
- Extended
- gy-NAI-kah
- IPA
- /gy.ˈnai.ka/
Meaning by language
- English
- wife of
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Alphabet Analysis
| Gamma | gh — guttural | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Kappa | k — as in kite | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father |
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Word in context
- word
gy-NAI-ka
- sentence
ho GAR hê-RÔ-dês kra-TÊ-sas TON i-ô-AN-nên E-dê-sen au-TON KAI en phy-la-KÊ a-PE-the-to di-A hê-rô-di-A-da TÊN gy-NAI-ka phi-LIP-poo TOU a-del-PHOO au-TOU
Exegesis
The noun chain ten gunaika Philippou tou adelphou autou {τὴν γυναῖκα Φιλίππου τοῦ ἀδελφοῦ αὐτοῦ | tēn gynaika Philíppou tou adelphou autou} ‘the wife of Philip, his brother’ uses genitives to mark possession and family relationship, clarifying the morally problematic union. In English, the participial construction is rendered with a subordinate clause (“having seized John”) and the verb sequence is kept as coordinated finite verbs, preserving the flow while making the causative and relational phrases clear.
Root and etymology
gunegamma–upsilon–nu–eta
“woman, wife”
In context — Matthew 14:3
For Herod , having seized John, bound him and put him in prison for the sake of Herodias , the wife of Philip, his brother.
About this coordinate
Matthew 14:3:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of Matthew 14:3, so the Greek word γυναῖκα (gynaika) 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.14.3.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (Matt.14.3.W16.S1) and character.