Matthew 16:19:26Matt.16.19.W26TAB
τῆς
tês
“the”
- Transliteration
- TÊS
- Extended
- TÊS
- IPA
- /ˈteːs/
Meaning by language
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Alphabet Analysis
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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Word in context
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TÊS
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KAI HO e-AN LY-sês e-PI TÊS YÊS ES-tai le-ly-ME-non en TOIS ou-ra-NOIS
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DÔ-sô soi TAS KLEI-das TÊS ba-si-LEI-as TÔN ou-ra-NÔN KAI HO e-AN DÊ-sês e-PI TÊS YÊS ES-tai de-de-ME-non en TOIS ou-ra-NOIS KAI HO e-AN LY-sês e-PI TÊS YÊS ES-tai le-ly-ME-non en TOIS ou-ra-NOIS
Exegesis
The verse begins with the main clause doso soi tas kleidas tēs basileias tōn ouranōn {δώσω σοι τὰς κλεῖδας τῆς βασιλείας τῶν οὐρανῶν | dṓ-sō soi tàs kleî-das tês ba-si-leí-as tôn ou-ra-nôn} ‘I will give you the keys of the kingdom of the heavens’, in which the future verb doso governs the dative pronoun soi {σοι | soi} ‘to you’, the accusative noun kleidas {κλεῖδας | kleî-das} ‘keys’, and the genitive-attributive phrase basileias tōn ouranōn {βασιλείας τῶν οὐρανῶν | ba-si-leí-as tôn ou-ra-nôn} ‘of the kingdom of the heavens’, defining the sphere of authority.
The contrasting locative-prepositional phrases epì tēs gēs {ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς | epì tês gēs} ‘on the earth’ and en toîs ouranoîs {ἐν τοῖς οὐρανοῖς | en toîs ou-ra-noîs} ‘in the heavens’ reinforce the symmetry between human decision and divine confirmation.
Root and etymology
manthanomu–alpha–nu–theta–alpha–nu–omega
“to learn, to be instructed”
In context — Matthew 16:19
I will entrust to you the keys of the kingdom of the heavens; whatever you bind on earth will have been bound in the heavens, and whatever you loose on earth will have been loosed in the heavens.
About this coordinate
Matthew 16:19:26 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 26 of Matthew 16:19, so the Greek word τῆς (tês) 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.16.19.W26, which extends further down to each syllable (Matt.16.19.W26.S1) and character.