Matthew 16:2:7Matt.16.2.W7TAB
γενομένης
yenomenês
“having come”
- Transliteration
- ye-no-ME-nês
- Extended
- yeh-noh-MEH-nês
- IPA
- /ʝe.no.ˈme.neːs/
Meaning by language
- English
- having come
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Gamma | gh — guttural | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ye-no-ME-nês
- clause
O-PSI-as ye-no-ME-nês LE-ye-te
- sentence
ho DE a-po-kri-THEIS EI-pen au-TOIS O-PSI-as ye-no-ME-nês LE-ye-te eu-DI-a pyr-RA-zei GAR ho oo-ra-NOS
Exegesis
The genitive absolute Opsias genomenes {Ὀψίας γενομένης | Opsías genomenēs} provides a temporal setting (“when evening had come”).
In context — Matthew 16:2
He answered them, “When evening comes, you say, ‘It will be fair, because the sky is red .’”
About this coordinate
Matthew 16:2:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Matthew 16:2, so the Greek word γενομένης (yenomenês) 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.16.2.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Matt.16.2.W7.S1) and character.