Matthew 18:28:17Matt.18.28.W17TAB
κρατήσας
kratêsas
“having seized”
- Transliteration
- kra-TÊ-sas
- Extended
- krah-TÊ-sahs
- IPA
- /kraˈteː.sas/
Meaning by language
- English
- having seized
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Kappa | k — as in kite | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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Word in context
- word
kra-TÊ-sas
- phraseyour reading level
KAI kra-TÊ-sas au-TON E-pni-yen LE-gôn
- clause
ek-sel-THÔN DE HO DOO-los e-KEI-nos HEU-ren HE-na TÔN syn-DOO-lôn au-TOO HOS Ô-phei-len au-TÔ he-ka-TON dê-NA-ri-a KAI kra-TÊ-sas au-TON E-pni-yen LE-gôn
- sentence
ek-sel-THÔN DE HO DOO-los e-KEI-nos HEU-ren HE-na TÔN syn-DOO-lôn au-TOO HOS Ô-phei-len au-TÔ he-ka-TON dê-NA-ri-a KAI kra-TÊ-sas au-TON E-pni-yen LE-gôn a-PO-dos EI ti o-PHEI-leis
Exegesis
The participle kratēsas {κρατήσας | kra-tḗ-sas} “having seized” and the imperfect epnigen {ἔπνιγεν | ép-ni-gen} “he was choking” depict immediate violence followed by sustained assault.
In context — Matthew 18:28
But when that servant went out, he found one of his fellow servants who owed him one hundred denarii , and he laid hold of him and began to strangle him, saying, “Repay what you owe.”
About this coordinate
Matthew 18:28:17 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 17 of Matthew 18:28, so the Greek word κρατήσας (kratêsas) 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.18.28.W17, which extends further down to each syllable (Matt.18.28.W17.S1) and character.