Matthew 15:39:4Matt.15.39.W4TAB
ὄχλους
okhlous
“crowds”
- Transliteration
- OKH-lous
- Extended
- OHKʰ-loos
- IPA
- /ˈokʰ.luːs/
Meaning by language
- English
- crowds
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Chi | h/kh — like Bach | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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The word
Word in context
- word
OKH-lous
- sentence
KAI a-po-LY-sas tous OKH-lous e-NE-bê eis to PLOI-on KAI ÊL-then eis ta HO-ri-a ma-ga-DAN
Exegesis
The aorist participle apolysas {ἀπολύσας | apolýsas} “having sent away” provides the temporal background for the first main verb enebē {ἐνέβη | enébē} “he went aboard,” with tous ochlous {τοὺς ὄχλους | toús óchlous} functioning as its direct object.
Root and etymology
ochlosomicron–chi–lambda–omicron–sigma
“crowd, throng”
In context — Matthew 15:39
And after He dismissed the crowds , He boarded the boat and came to the region of Magadan.
About this coordinate
Matthew 15:39:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Matthew 15:39, so the Greek word ὄχλους (okhlous) 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.15.39.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Matt.15.39.W4.S1) and character.