Matthew 16:11:18Matt.16.11.W18TAB
Σαδδουκαίων.
saddookaiôn
“Sadducees”
- Transliteration
- sad-doo-KAI-ôn
- Extended
- sahd-doo-KAI-ohn
- IPA
- /sad.du.ˈkai.ɔːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- Sadducees
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Delta | th — as in this | |
| Delta | th — as in this | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Kappa | k — as in kite | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Omega | o — same as omicron | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
- word
sad-doo-KAI-ôn
- sentence
pro-SE-khe-te DE a-PO TÊS ZY-mês TÔN pha-ri-SAI-ôn KAI sad-doo-KAI-ôn
Exegesis
The coordinating conjunction de {δὲ | de} ‘but’ signals the shift to a figurative caution introduced by the complex prepositional phrase apo tês zymēs tôn Pharisaiōn kai Saddoukaion {ἀπὸ τῆς ζύμης τῶν Φαρισαίων καὶ Σαδδουκαίων | a-pó tês zý-mēs tôn Pharisaî-on kaì Saddoukaî-on} ‘from the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees’, where leaven metaphorically denotes corrupting influence. This structure preserves the rhetorical contrast between misunderstanding and vigilant heed.
Root and etymology
SaddoukaiosSaddoukaî-os
“Sadducee, priestly faction member”
In context — Matthew 16:11
How can you not understand that I was not speaking to you about bread, but that you must beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees?
About this coordinate
Matthew 16:11:18 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 18 of Matthew 16:11, so the Greek word Σαδδουκαίων. (saddookaiôn) 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.16.11.W18, which extends further down to each syllable (Matt.16.11.W18.S1) and character.