Matthew 18:3:16Matt.18.3.W16TAB
εἰσέλθητε
eiselthête
“enter”
- Transliteration
- eis-EL-thê-te
- Extended
- eis-EHL-thê-teh
- IPA
- /iːs.ˈel.tʰeː.te/
Meaning by language
- English
- enter
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Alphabet Analysis
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Theta | th — as in thin | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) |
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Word in context
- word
eis-EL-thê-te
- phraseyour reading level
ou MÊ eis-EL-thê-te eis TÊN ba-si-LEI-an TÔN ou-ra-NÔN
- clause
a-MÊN LE-gô hy-MIN e-AN MÊ stra-PHÊ-te AI YE-nê-sthe hôs TA pai-DI-a ou MÊ eis-EL-thê-te eis TÊN ba-si-LEI-an TÔN ou-ra-NÔN
- sentence
AI EI-pen a-MÊN LE-gô hy-MIN e-AN MÊ stra-PHÊ-te AI YE-nê-sthe hôs TA pai-DI-a ou MÊ eis-EL-thê-te eis TÊN ba-si-LEI-an TÔN ou-ra-NÔN
Exegesis
The apodosis opens with the emphatic negation ou mē eiselthēte {οὐ μὴ εἰσέλθητε | ou mḗ ei-sél-thē-te} ‘certainly not enter,’ taking the aorist subjunctive eiselthēte, and the goal is expressed by the prepositional phrase eis tēn basileian tōn ouranōn {εἰς τὴν βασιλείαν τῶν οὐρανῶν | eis tḕn basileían tōn ouranōn}, conveying entrance into God’s rule. The translation retains the force of the third-class condition with “unless” and the intense negation with “certainly not”/“will never,” while preserving the comparative likeness “like (little) children” and the directional sense of “enter into the kingdom of the heavens.”
In context — Matthew 18:3
And He said, “Truly I say to you, unless you turn and become like children , you shall certainly not enter into the kingdom of the heavens.”
About this coordinate
Matthew 18:3:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of Matthew 18:3, so the Greek word εἰσέλθητε (eiselthête) 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.18.3.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (Matt.18.3.W16.S1) and character.