Matthew 15:5:8Matt.15.5.W8TAB
πατρὶ
patri
“father”
- Transliteration
- pa-TRI
- Extended
- pah-TRIH
- IPA
- /paˈtri/
Meaning by language
- English
- father
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Alphabet Analysis
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Iota | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
- word
pa-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 15:5:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Matthew 15:5, so the Greek word πατρὶ (patri) 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.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Matt.15.5.W8.S1) and character.