Matthew 15:31:5Matt.15.31.W5TAB
βλέποντας
blepontas
“seeing”
- Transliteration
- BLE-po-ntas
- Extended
- BLEH-poh-ntahs
- IPA
- /ˈble.pon.tas/
Meaning by language
- English
- seeing
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Alphabet Analysis
| Beta | v — as in victory | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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Word in context
- word
BLE-po-ntas
- sentence
HÔ-ste ton O-khlon thau-MA-sai BLE-po-ntas kô-PHOUS la-LOU-ntas kyl-LOUS hy-gi-EIS KAI khô-LOUS pe-ri-pa-TOU-ntas KAI ty-PHLOUS BLE-po-ntas KAI e-DO-kσα-san ton the-ON is-ra-ÊL
Exegesis
This is followed by the participle blepontas {βλέποντας | blé-pon-tas} 'seeing', which governs a series of accusative objects and participial modifiers that depict what the crowd observes.
The combinations kophous lalountas {κωφοὺς λαλοῦντας | kō-phoús la-loûn-tas} 'the mute speaking', kyllous hygieis {κυλλοὺς ὑγιεῖς | kyl-loús hy-gi-eîs} 'the maimed whole', chōlous peripatountas {χωλοὺς περιπατοῦντας | chō-loús pe-ri-pa-toûn-tas} 'the lame walking', and typhlous blepontas {τυφλοὺς βλέποντας | ty-phloús blé-pon-tas} 'the blind seeing' are arranged in parallel pairs of disability and restoration.
In context — Matthew 15:31
So that the crowd marveled, seeing the mute speaking, the maimed made whole, the lame walking, and the blind seeing; and they glorified the God of Israel .
About this coordinate
Matthew 15:31:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Matthew 15:31, so the Greek word βλέποντας (blepontas) 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.15.31.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Matt.15.31.W5.S1) and character.