Matthew 16:3:12Matt.16.3.W12TAB
πρόσωπον
prosôpon
“appearance”
- Transliteration
- PRO-sô-pon
- Extended
- PRO-sô-pon
- IPA
- /ˈpro.sɔː.pon/
Meaning by language
- English
- appearance
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Alphabet Analysis
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Omega | o — same as omicron | |
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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The word
Word in context
- word
PRO-sô-pon
- phraseyour reading level
TO MEN PRO-sô-pon TOO oo-ra-NOO yi-NÔ-ske-te di-a-KREI-nein
- sentence
TO MEN PRO-sô-pon TOO oo-ra-NOO yi-NÔ-ske-te di-a-KREI-nein TA DE sê-MEI-a TÔN kai-RÔN oo DY-na-sthe
Exegesis
A contrastive men…de structure sets up parallel objects: ginōskete diakrinein to men prosōpon tou ouranou {γινώσκετε διακρίνειν τὸ μὲν πρόσωπον τοῦ οὐρανοῦ | gi-nṓ-ske-te di-a-krí-nein tó mén pró-sō-pon tou ou-ra-noû} “you know how to interpret the face of the sky,” versus ta de semeia tōn kairōn {τὰ δὲ σημεῖα τῶν καιρῶν | tá dé sē-meî-a tôn kai-rôn} “but the signs of the times” with ou dynasthe {οὐ δύνασθε | ou dý-na-sthe} marking inability. The Greek leaves the second infinitive implicit, relying on parallelism. This shift from concrete weather-reading to failure in spiritual discernment underscores Jesus’s rebuke.
In context — Matthew 16:3
And in the morning you say, “Today there will be a storm, for the sky is red and threatening.” You know how to interpret the appearance of the sky, but you are not able to interpret the signs of the times.
About this coordinate
Matthew 16:3:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Matthew 16:3, so the Greek word πρόσωπον (prosôpon) 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.16.3.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Matt.16.3.W12.S1) and character.