Matthew 16:13:4Matt.16.13.W4TAB
Ἰησοῦς
Eeaysoos
“Jesus”
- Transliteration
- ee-ay-SOOS
- Academic
- Iēsous
- Extended
- ee-ay-SOOS
- IPA
- /i.eːˈsuːs/
Meaning by language
- English
- Jesus
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Alphabet Analysis
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ee-ay-SOOS
- clause
el-THÔN DE HO ee-ay-SOOS eis TA ME-rê kai-sa-REI-as TÊS phi-LIP-pou ê-RÔ-ta TOUS ma-thê-TAS au-TOU LE-gôn
- sentence
el-THÔN DE HO ee-ay-SOOS eis TA ME-rê kai-sa-REI-as TÊS phi-LIP-pou ê-RÔ-ta TOUS ma-thê-TAS au-TOU LE-gôn TI-na LE-gou-sin hoi AN-thrô-poi EI-nai TON hyi-ON TOU an-THRÔ-pou
Exegesis
The subject phrase ho Iesous {ὁ Ἰησοῦς | ho Iē-soûs} precedes the locative prepositional phrase eis ta merē Kaisareias tēs Philippou {εἰς τὰ μέρη Καισαρείας τῆς Φιλίππου | eis ta mé-rē Kai-sa-reí-as tês Phi-líp-pou}, foregrounding Jesus’ movement into a specific region.
Root and etymology
yeshuaʿyod–shin–waw–ayin
“Yahweh is salvation”
In context — Matthew 16:13
When Jesus came to the regions of Caesarea Philippi, He continued asking His disciples, “Who do people say the Son of Man is?”
About this coordinate
Matthew 16:13:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Matthew 16:13, so the Greek word Ἰησοῦς (Eeaysoos) 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.16.13.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Matt.16.13.W4.S1) and character.