Matthew 15:38:5Matt.15.38.W5TAB
τετρακισχίλιοι
tetrakiskhilioi
“four thousand”
- Transliteration
- te-tra-kis-KHI-li-oi
- Extended
- teh-trah-kihs-KHih-lee-oi
- IPA
- /te.tra.kisˈkʰi.li.oi/
Meaning by language
- English
- four thousand
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Kappa | k — as in kite | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Chi | h/kh — like Bach | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Iota | i — as in machine |
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The word
Word in context
- word
te-tra-kis-KHI-li-oi
- sentence
hoi de es-THI-on-tes Ê-san te-tra-kis-KHI-li-oi AN-dres khō-RIS gy-nai-KÔN kai pai-DI-ōn
Exegesis
The numeral adjective tetrakischilioi {τετρακισχίλιοι | tetrakischílioi} ‘four thousand’ modifies andres {ἄνδρες | ándres} ‘men’, yielding the core assertion about the size of the group.
In context — Matthew 15:38
And those who were eating were four thousand men, apart from women and children .
About this coordinate
Matthew 15:38:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Matthew 15:38, so the Greek word τετρακισχίλιοι (tetrakiskhilioi) 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.15.38.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Matt.15.38.W5.S1) and character.