Matthew 15:19:13Matt.15.19.W13TAB
βλασφημίαι
blasphêmiai
“slanders”
- Transliteration
- blas-phê-MI-ai
- Extended
- blahs-phêê-MIH-ai
- IPA
- /blas.pʰɛːˈmi.ai/
Meaning by language
- English
- slanders
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Beta | v — as in victory | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Phi | ph — as in phone (f) | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Iota | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
- word
blas-phê-MI-ai
- sentence
ek gar tês kar-DI-as ek-SER-kho-ntai di-a-lo-gis-MOI po-nê-ROI PHO-noi moi-KHE-ai por-NEI-ai klo-PAI pseu-do-mar-ty-RI-ai blas-phê-MI-ai
Exegesis
The remaining items—phonoi, moicheiai, porneiai, klopai, pseudomartyriai, blasphēmiai {φόνοι, μοιχεῖαι, πορνεῖαι, κλοπαί, ψευδομαρτυρίαι, βλασφημίαι | phónoi, moikhêai, porneîai, klopaí, pseudomartyríai, blasphēmíai}—form an asyndetic list, whose lack of conjunctions intensifies the piling up of vices. Syntactically, the list moves from inner processes (thoughts) to outward acts (murders, adulteries, thefts) and finally to sins of speech (false testimonies, blasphemies), tracing a progression from internal corruption to external behavior. The English renderings preserve the causal connection with “For” and maintain the list structure, while using natural category terms (for example, “sexual immorality” and “false testimony”) to reflect both the moral and often legal dimensions implied in the Greek nouns.
Root and etymology
blasphēmeobeta–lambda–alpha–sigma–phi–eta–mu–epsilon–omega
“to speak profanely, slander”
In context — Matthew 15:19
For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, sexual immoralities, thefts, false testimonies, and blasphemies .
About this coordinate
Matthew 15:19:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of Matthew 15:19, so the Greek word βλασφημίαι (blasphêmiai) 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.15.19.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (Matt.15.19.W13.S1) and character.