Matthew 15:9:5Matt.15.9.W5TAB
διδάσκοντες
didaskontes
“teaching”
- Transliteration
- di-DAS-kon-tes
- Extended
- dih-DAS-kohn-tehs
- IPA
- /diˈdas.kon.tes/
Meaning by language
- English
- teaching
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Alphabet Analysis
| Delta | th — as in this | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Delta | th — as in this | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Kappa | k — as in kite | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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The word
Word in context
- word
di-DAS-kon-tes
- sentence
MA-tên de SE-bon-tai me di-DAS-kon-tes di-das-ka-LI-as en-TAL-ma-ta an-THRÔ-pôn
Exegesis
The participle didaskontes {διδάσκοντες | di-dás-kon-tes} ‘teaching’ functions circumstantially, describing how the worship is conducted.
In context — Matthew 15:9
But in vain do they worship Me , teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.
About this coordinate
Matthew 15:9:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Matthew 15:9, so the Greek word διδάσκοντες (didaskontes) 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.15.9.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Matt.15.9.W5.S1) and character.