Matthew 15:25:4Matt.15.25.W4TAB
προσεκύνει
prosekynei
“was bowing down”
- Transliteration
- pro-se-KY-NEI
- Extended
- proh-seh-KY-NEI
- IPA
- /pro.seˈky.nei/
Meaning by language
- English
- was bowing down
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Kappa | k — as in kite | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Iota | i — as in machine |
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The word
Word in context
- word
pro-se-KY-NEI
- sentence
hê de el-THOU-sa pro-se-KY-NEI au-TOI LE-gou-sa KY-ree-e bo-Ê-thē moi
Exegesis
The aorist participle elthousa {ἐλθοῦσα | elthoûsa} functions circumstantially to indicate her completed arrival prior to the imperfect main verb prosekunei {προσεκύνει | prosekúnei}, whose durative aspect portrays ongoing bowing.
Root and etymology
proskuneopi–rho–omicron–sigma–kappa–upsilon–nu–epsilon–omega
“to bow down, pay homage”
In context — Matthew 15:25
But she, having come , was bowing down before Him, saying, “Lord , help me.”
About this coordinate
Matthew 15:25:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Matthew 15:25, so the Greek word προσεκύνει (prosekynei) 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.15.25.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Matt.15.25.W4.S1) and character.