Matthew 16:7:8Matt.16.7.W8TAB

Ἄρτους

artoos

loaves

Transliteration
AR-toos
Extended
AR-toos
IPA
/ˈar.tuːs/

Meaning by language

English
loaves

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Result
Ἄρ + τους
ar + toos
artoos

Alphabet Analysis

Alphaah — as in father
Rhor — rolled r
Taut — as in top
Omicrono — as in omit (short)
Upsiloni — as in machine
Sigma (final)s — used only at end of words

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Word in context

  1. word

    AR-toos

  2. sentence

    OI DE di-e-lo-YI-zon-to en he-au-TOIS LE-gon-tes HO-ti AR-toos ook e-LA-bo-men

Exegesis

Within that clause, artous {Ἄρτους | Ártous} is fronted for thematic emphasis, and the negator ouk {οὐκ | ouk} immediately precedes the aorist elabomen {ἐλάβομεν | elábomen}, highlighting their completed failure to bring bread.

Root and etymology

artosalpha–rho–tau–omicron–sigma

bread, loaf

In contextMatthew 16:7

They were reasoning with one another, saying, “It is because we did not bring loaves .”

About this coordinate

Matthew 16:7:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Matthew 16:7, so the Greek word Ἄρτους (artoos) 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.16.7.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Matt.16.7.W8.S1) and character.