Matthew 17:2:8Matt.17.2.W8TAB
πρόσωπον
prosopon
“face”
- Transliteration
- PRO-so-pon
- Extended
- PROH-soh-pohn
- IPA
- /ˈpro.so.pon/
Meaning by language
- English
- face
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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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Word in context
- word
PRO-so-pon
- phraseyour reading level
KAI E-lamp-sen TO PRO-so-pon au-TOU hôs HO HÊ-li-os
- sentence
KAI me-te-mor-PHÔ-thê EM-pros-then au-TÔN KAI E-lamp-sen TO PRO-so-pon au-TOU hôs HO HÊ-li-os TA DE hi-MA-ti-a au-TOU e-YE-ne-to leu-KA hôs TO PHÔS
Exegesis
A second kai introduces elampsen {καὶ ἔλαμψεν | kaí élampsen} ‘shone’, again in the aorist, which takes to prosōpon autou {τὸ πρόσωπον αὐτοῦ | tó prósōpon autoû} ‘His face’ as its nominative subject, with the simile hōs ho hēlios {ὡς ὁ ἥλιος | hōs ho hḗlios} ‘like the sun’ intensifying the visual brilliance through natural comparison.
Root and etymology
prosōponpi–rho–omicron–sigma–omega–pi–omicron–nu
“face, countenance, presence”
In context — Matthew 17:2
There, before their eyes, He was transformed, and His face blazed like the sun, and His garments became white like light .
About this coordinate
Matthew 17:2:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Matthew 17:2, so the Greek word πρόσωπον (prosopon) 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.17.2.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Matt.17.2.W8.S1) and character.