Matthew 15:5:11Matt.15.5.W11TAB
μητρί
mêtri
“mother”
- Transliteration
- mê-TRI
- Extended
- meh-TRIH
- IPA
- /mɛːˈtri/
Meaning by language
- English
- mother
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Iota | i — as in machine |
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The word
Word in context
- word
mê-TRI
- sentence
hy-MEIS de LE-ge-te HOS an EI-pêi tôi pa-TRI ê têi mê-TRI DÔ-ron ho e-AN eks e-MOU ō-phe-lē-THÊIS
Exegesis
The coordinated datives tō patri ē tē mētri {τῷ πατρὶ ἢ τῇ μητρί | tôi patrì ḗ tē̂ mētrí} mark the potential recipients—father or mother—of the statement, preserving the parallelism of parental obligations.
In context — Matthew 15:5
But you say, "Whoever says to his father or to his mother, 'Whatever you might have been benefited from Me is a gift ,'"
About this coordinate
Matthew 15:5:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Matthew 15:5, so the Greek word μητρί (mêtri) 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.15.5.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Matt.15.5.W11.S1) and character.