Matthew 18:5:6Matt.18.5.W6TAB
παιδίον
paidion
“child”
- Transliteration
- pai-DI-on
- Extended
- pai-DI-on
- IPA
- /pai.ˈdi.on/
Meaning by language
- English
- child
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Delta | th — as in this | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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The word
Word in context
- word
pai-DI-on
- phraseyour reading level
KAI HOS e-AN DEK-sê-tai HEN pai-DI-on toi-OO-to e-PI TOI o-no-ma-TI moo
- sentence
KAI HOS e-AN DEK-sê-tai HEN pai-DI-on toi-OO-to e-PI TOI o-no-ma-TI moo e-ME DE-khe-tai
Exegesis
The verb dexetai takes the direct object phrase hen paidion toiouto {ἕν παιδίον τοιοῦτο | hén paidíon toiûto}, where hen emphasizes even a single case and toiouto refers back to the kind of lowly child introduced earlier.
Root and etymology
paispi–alpha–iota–sigma
“child”
In context — Matthew 18:5
And anyone who receives one such child in My name receives Me .
About this coordinate
Matthew 18:5:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Matthew 18:5, so the Greek word παιδίον (paidion) 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.18.5.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Matt.18.5.W6.S1) and character.