Matthew 18:22:12Matt.18.22.W12TAB
ἑβδομηκοντάκις
hebdomêkontakis
“seventy times”
- Transliteration
- heb-do-mê-kon-TA-kis
- Extended
- heb-do-mê-kon-TA-kis
- IPA
- /heb.do.meː.kon.ˈta.kis/
Meaning by language
- English
- seventy times
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Beta | v — as in victory | |
| Delta | th — as in this | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Kappa | k — as in kite | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| 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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The word
Word in context
- word
heb-do-mê-kon-TA-kis
- 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.
Root and etymology
hebdomēkontaepsilon beta delta omicron mu eta kappa omicron nu tau alpha
“seventy”
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 18:22:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Matthew 18:22, so the Greek word ἑβδομηκοντάκις (hebdomêkontakis) 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.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Matt.18.22.W12.S1) and character.