Matthew 15:7:4Matt.15.7.W4TAB
περὶ
peri
“about”
- Transliteration
- pe-RI
- Extended
- peh-RIH
- IPA
- /peˈri/
Meaning by language
- English
- about
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Alphabet Analysis
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Iota | i — as in machine |
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The word
Word in context
- word
pe-RI
- sentence
hy-po-kri-TAI ka-LÔS e-pro-PHÊ-teu-sen pe-RI hy-MÔN Ê-sa-I-as LE-gōn
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase peri humōn {περὶ ὑμῶν | perí humôn} ‘concerning you’ specifies the audience as the object of Isaiah’s prophecy.
Root and etymology
perisseuopi–epsilon–rho–iota–sigma–sigma–epsilon–upsilon–omega
“to abound, be in excess”
In context — Matthew 15:7
Hypocrites, Isaiah prophesied well concerning you, saying :
About this coordinate
Matthew 15:7:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Matthew 15:7, so the Greek word περὶ (peri) 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.15.7.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Matt.15.7.W4.S1) and character.