Matthew 17:15:20Matt.17.15.W20TAB
πολλάκις
pollakis
“often”
- Transliteration
- pol-LA-kis
- Extended
- pohl-LAH-kis
- IPA
- /pol.ˈla.kis/
Meaning by language
- English
- often
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Alphabet Analysis
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Kappa | k — as in kite | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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Word in context
- word
pol-LA-kis
- phraseyour reading level
pol-LA-kis GAR PIP-tei eis TO PYR KAI pol-LA-kis eis TO HY-dôr
- clause
KY-ri-e e-LE-ê-son mou TON hyi-ON HO-ti se-lê-ni-A-ze-tai KAI ka-KÔS PAS-khei pol-LA-kis GAR PIP-tei eis TO PYR KAI pol-LA-kis eis TO HY-dôr
- sentence
KAI LE-gôn KY-ri-e e-LE-ê-son mou TON hyi-ON HO-ti se-lê-ni-A-ze-tai KAI ka-KÔS PAS-khei pol-LA-kis GAR PIP-tei eis TO PYR KAI pol-LA-kis eis TO HY-dôr
Exegesis
The adverb pollákis {πολλάκις | pollákis} ‘often’ with gar {γὰρ | gàr} ‘for’ introduces recurring incidents: piptei eis to pûr {πίπτει εἰς τὸ πῦρ | píptēi eis tò pûr} ‘he falls into the fire’ and pollákis eis to hýdōr {πολλάκις εἰς τὸ ὕδωρ | pollákis eis tò hýdōr} ‘and often into the water’, with parallel structure underscoring life-threatening repetition.
In context — Matthew 17:15
He said, “Lord , have mercy on my son, because he suffers from seizures and is badly afflicted; for he often falls into the fire and often into the water.”
About this coordinate
Matthew 17:15:20 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 20 of Matthew 17:15, so the Greek word πολλάκις (pollakis) 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.17.15.W20, which extends further down to each syllable (Matt.17.15.W20.S1) and character.