Matthew 16:12:6Matt.16.12.W6TAB

προσέχειν

prosekhein

to beware

Transliteration
pro-SE-khein
Extended
proh-SEH-khein
IPA
/pro.ˈse.kʰiːn/

Meaning by language

English
to beware

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Result
προ + σέ + χειν
pro + se + khein
prosekhein

Alphabet Analysis

Pip — as in pet
Rhor — rolled r
Omicrono — as in omit (short)
Sigmas — as in sit
Epsilone — as in met (short)
Chih/kh — like Bach
Epsilone — as in met (short)
Iotai — as in machine
Nun — as in new

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Word in context

  1. word

    pro-SE-khein

  2. sentence

    TO-te sy-NÊ-kan HO-ti OOK EI-pen pro-SE-khein a-PO TÊS ZY-mês TÔN AR-tôn al-LA a-PO TÊS di-da-KHÊS TÔN pha-ri-SAI-ôn KAI sad-doo-KAI-ôn

Exegesis

The negated verb eipen {εἶπεν | eî-pen} with the infinitive prosechein {προσέχειν | pro-sé-khein} expresses the directive they had received “to beware.”

In contextMatthew 16:12

Then they understood that He was not telling them to guard against leaven in bread, but against the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees.

About this coordinate

Matthew 16:12:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Matthew 16:12, so the Greek word προσέχειν (prosekhein) 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.16.12.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Matt.16.12.W6.S1) and character.