Matthew 18:22:10Matt.18.22.W10TAB
ἀλλὰ
alla
“but”
- Transliteration
- al-LA
- Extended
- al-LA
- IPA
- /al.ˈla/
Meaning by language
- English
- but
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Alphabet Analysis
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father |
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Word in context
- word
al-LA
- clause
oo LE-gô soi HE-ôs hep-TA-kis al-LA HE-ôs heb-do-mê-kon-TA-kis hep-TA
- sentence
LE-yei au-TÔI HO ee-ay-SOOS oo LE-gô soi HE-ôs hep-TA-kis al-LA HE-ôs heb-do-mê-kon-TA-kis hep-TA
Exegesis
The adversative alla {ἀλλὰ | al-lá} introduces a strong contrast, followed by a parallel construction heōs hebdomēkontakis hepta {ἕως ἑβδομηκοντάκις ἑπτά | hé-ōs heb-do-mē-kon-TÁ-kis hep-TÁ}, literally “up to seventy times seven.” The stacking of the numeral adverb hebdomēkontakis with the cardinal hepta creates a hyperbolic expression of limitless repetition rather than a precise arithmetic requirement. In translation, the Greek clausal structure “I do not say to you … but …” is retained to preserve the emphatic correction, while English word order is adjusted to standard subject–verb–object, and the idiomatic “seventy times seven” is kept to convey the rhetorical escalation of forgiveness.
In context — Matthew 18:22
Jesus said to him, “I do not say to you, ‘up to seven times ,’ but up to seventy times seven.”
About this coordinate
Matthew 18:22:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Matthew 18:22, so the Greek word ἀλλὰ (alla) 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.18.22.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Matt.18.22.W10.S1) and character.