Matthew 14:8:3Matt.14.8.W3TAB
προβιβασθεῖσα
probibastheisa
“having been prompted”
- Transliteration
- pro-bi-bas-THEI-sa
- Extended
- pro-bi-bas-THEI-sa
- IPA
- /pro.bi.basˈtʰei.sa/
Meaning by language
- English
- having been prompted
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Beta | v — as in victory | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Beta | v — as in victory | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Theta | th — as in thin | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father |
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The word
Word in context
- word
pro-bi-bas-THEI-sa
- clause
hê DE pro-bi-bas-THEI-sa hy-PO TÊS mê-TROS au-TÊS
- sentence
hê DE pro-bi-bas-THEI-sa hy-PO TÊS mê-TROS au-TÊS DOS moi phê-SIN HÔ-de e-PI PI-na-ki TÊN ke-pha-LÊN i-ô-AN-noo TOO bap-ti-STOO
Exegesis
The aorist passive participle probibastheisa {προβιβασθεῖσα | pro-bi-bas-theî-sa} precedes the main verb and is circumstantial, expressing prior cause or motivation (“after being prompted / because she had been prompted”).
Root and etymology
προβιβάζωpi–rho–omicron–beta–iota–beta–alpha–zeta–omega
“to lead forward, urge on”
In context — Matthew 14:8
But she, having been prompted by her mother , says, “Give me here on a platter the head of John the Baptist.”
About this coordinate
Matthew 14:8:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Matthew 14:8, so the Greek word προβιβασθεῖσα (probibastheisa) 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.14.8.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Matt.14.8.W3.S1) and character.