Matthew 16:15:5Matt.16.15.W5TAB
τίνα
teena
“who”
- Transliteration
- TEE-na
- Extended
- TEE-na
- IPA
- /ˈti.na/
Meaning by language
- English
- who
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father |
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The word
Word in context
- word
TEE-na
- clause
hy-MEIS DE TEE-na ME LE-ye-te EI-nai
- sentence
LE-yei au-TOIS hy-MEIS DE TEE-na ME LE-ye-te EI-nai
Exegesis
The interrogative phrase tina me legete einai {τίνα με λέγετε εἶναι | tí-na me lé-ge-te eî-nai} places tina “whom” and me “me” as objects of legete “you say,” with einai “to be” as the complementary infinitive. The literal word order (“whom do you say me to be”) is rendered naturally as “who do you say that I am,” preserving both the emphatic position of “you” and the force of the question.
In context — Matthew 16:15
He said to them, “But you —who do you say that I am?”
About this coordinate
Matthew 16:15:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Matthew 16:15, so the Greek word τίνα (teena) 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.16.15.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Matt.16.15.W5.S1) and character.