Matthew 16:19:32Matt.16.19.W32TAB
οὐρανοῖς.
ouranois
“heavens”
- Transliteration
- ou-ra-NOIS
- Extended
- ou-ra-NOIS
- IPA
- /uː.raˈnois/
Meaning by language
- English
- heavens
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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Word in context
- word
ou-ra-NOIS
- phraseyour reading level
KAI HO e-AN LY-sês e-PI TÊS YÊS ES-tai le-ly-ME-non en TOIS ou-ra-NOIS
- sentence
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 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.
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 16:19:32 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 32 of Matthew 16:19, so the Greek word οὐρανοῖς. (ouranois) 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.W32, which extends further down to each syllable (Matt.16.19.W32.S1) and character.