Matthew 17:1:4Matt.17.1.W4TAB
ἓξ
heks
“six”
- Transliteration
- HEKS
- Extended
- HEHKS
- IPA
- /ˈheks/
Meaning by language
- English
- six
Alphabet Analysis
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Xi | x — as in axiom (ks) |
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HEKS
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KAI meth hê-ME-ras HEKS pa-ra-lam-BA-nei ho ee-ay-SOOS TON PE-tron KAI i-A-kô-bon KAI i-ô-AN-nên TON a-del-PHON au-TOU
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KAI meth hê-ME-ras HEKS pa-ra-lam-BA-nei ho ee-ay-SOOS TON PE-tron KAI i-A-kô-bon KAI i-ô-AN-nên TON a-del-PHON au-TOU KAI a-na-PHE-rei au-TOUS eis O-ros hy-psê-LON kat i-DI-an
Exegesis
The temporal phrase meth hemeras hex {μεθ’ ἡμέρας ἓξ | meth hē-MÉ-ras héx} places the event six days after the prior scene, foregrounding chronology.
In context — Matthew 17:1
Six days later, Jesus took Peter and James, along with John his brother, and led them up onto a high mountain apart .
About this coordinate
Matthew 17:1:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Matthew 17:1, so the Greek word ἓξ (heks) 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.17.1.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Matt.17.1.W4.S1) and character.