Matthew 18:8:10Matt.18.8.W10TAB

σκανδαλίζει

skandalizei

causes to sin

Transliteration
skan-da-LI-zei
Extended
skan-da-LI-zei
IPA
/skan.daˈli.ziː/

Meaning by language

English
causes to sin

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Result
σκαν + δα + λί + ζει
skan + da + li + zei
skandalizei

Alphabet Analysis

Sigmas — as in sit
Kappak — as in kite
Alphaah — as in father
Nun — as in new
Deltath — as in this
Alphaah — as in father
Lambdal — as in law
Iotai — as in machine
Zetaz — as in daze
Epsilone — as in met (short)
Iotai — as in machine

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Word in context

  1. word

    skan-da-LI-zei

  2. phraseyour reading level

    ei DE HÊ KHEIR sou Ê HO POUS sou skan-da-LI-zei se

  3. clause

    ei DE HÊ KHEIR sou Ê HO POUS sou skan-da-LI-zei se EK-kop-son au-TON KAI BA-le a-PO SOU

  4. sentence

    ei DE HÊ KHEIR sou Ê HO POUS sou skan-da-LI-zei se EK-kop-son au-TON KAI BA-le a-PO SOU ka-LON SOI ES-tin ei-sel-THEIN eis TÊN zô-ÊN kyl-LON Ê khô-LON Ê DY-o KHEI-ras Ê DY-o PO-das E-khon-ta blê-THÊ-nai eis TO PYR TO ai-Ô-ni-on

Exegesis

The noun phrases hē cheir sou and ho pous sou {ἡ χείρ σου ἢ ὁ πούς σου | hē cheír sou ē ho poús sou} ‘your hand or your foot’ precede the verb skandalizei {σκανδαλίζει | skandalízei} ‘stumbles’ (causes to stumble), highlighting the body part as the agent of spiritual lapse affecting the object se {σε | se} ‘you’.

Root and etymology

skandalonsigma–kappa–alpha–nu–delta–alpha–lambda–omicron–nu

stumbling block

In contextMatthew 18:8

If then your hand or your foot causes you to stumble , sever it and cast it away from yourself; for it is better for you to go into life maimed or lame than, with two hands or two feet intact, to be cast into the eternal fire .

About this coordinate

Matthew 18:8:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Matthew 18:8, so the Greek word σκανδαλίζει (skandalizei) 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.18.8.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Matt.18.8.W10.S1) and character.