Matthew 15:5:12Matt.15.5.W12TAB
Δῶρον
dôron
“a gift”
- Transliteration
- DÔ-ron
- Extended
- DOH-rohn
- IPA
- /ˈdɔː.ron/
Meaning by language
- English
- a gift
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Alphabet Analysis
| Delta | th — as in this | |
| Omega | o — same as omicron | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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The word
Word in context
- word
DÔ-ron
- 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 isolated nominative dōron {Δῶρον | Dôron} functions as a nominative of exclamation or an implied predicate (“it is a gift”), introducing a formula that reclassifies resources.
Root and etymology
didomidelta–iota–delta–omicron–mu–iota
“to give, grant”
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 15:5:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Matthew 15:5, so the Greek word Δῶρον (dôron) 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.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Matt.15.5.W12.S1) and character.