Matthew 18:3:8Matt.18.3.W8TAB
στραφῆτε
straphête
“you turn”
- Transliteration
- stra-PHÊ-te
- Extended
- stra-PHÊ-teh
- IPA
- /stra.ˈpʰeː.te/
Meaning by language
- English
- you turn
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Phi | ph — as in phone (f) | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) |
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The word
Word in context
- word
stra-PHÊ-te
- phraseyour reading level
e-AN MÊ stra-PHÊ-te AI YE-nê-sthe hôs TA pai-DI-a
- 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 conditional protasis is signaled by ean mē {ἐὰν μὴ | e-an mḗ} ‘if not,’ governing two coordinated aorist subjunctives straphēte kai genēsthe {στραφῆτε καὶ γένησθε | stra-phê-te kaí gé-nē-sthe}, which together denote decisive conversion and transformation.
Root and etymology
strephōsigma–tau–rho–epsilon–phi–omega
“to turn, change direction”
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 18:3:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Matthew 18:3, so the Greek word στραφῆτε (straphête) 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.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Matt.18.3.W8.S1) and character.