Matthew 18:10:3Matt.18.10.W3TAB
καταφρονήσητε
kataphronêsête
“despise”
- Transliteration
- ka-ta-phro-NÊ-sê-te
- Extended
- kah-tah-phroh-NÊ-sê-teh
- IPA
- /ka.ta.pʰroˈneː.seː.te/
Meaning by language
- English
- despise
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Kappa | k — as in kite | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Phi | ph — as in phone (f) | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) |
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Word in context
- word
ka-ta-phro-NÊ-sê-te
- phraseyour reading level
ho-RA-te MÊ ka-ta-phro-NÊ-sê-te he-NOS TÔN mi-KRÔN TOU-tôn
- sentence
ho-RA-te MÊ ka-ta-phro-NÊ-sê-te he-NOS TÔN mi-KRÔN TOU-tôn LE-go GAR hy-MIN HO-ti HOI ANG-ye-loi au-TÔN en ou-ra-NOIS di-A pan-TOS BLE-poo-si TO PRO-sô-pon TOU pa-TROS mou TOU en ou-ra-NOIS
Exegesis
The sentence opens with the present imperative horate {Ὁρᾶτε | ho-râ-te} ‘see, take heed’, commanding attentive vigilance, which is immediately restricted by the negated aorist subjunctive mē kataphronēsēte {μὴ καταφρονήσητε | mē ka-ta-phro-nḗ-sē-te} ‘do not despise’, a typical prohibitive construction.
In context — Matthew 18:10
See that you do not look down on one of these little ones. For I tell you that their angels in the heavens always behold the face of My Father who is in the heavens.
About this coordinate
Matthew 18:10:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Matthew 18:10, so the Greek word καταφρονήσητε (kataphronêsête) 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.18.10.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Matt.18.10.W3.S1) and character.