Matthew 18:8:8Matt.18.8.W8TAB

πούς

pous

foot

Transliteration
POUS
Extended
POUS
IPA
/ˈpuːs/

Meaning by language

English
foot

Alphabet Analysis

Pip — as in pet
Omicrono — as in omit (short)
Upsiloni — as in machine
Sigma (final)s — used only at end of words

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Word in context

  1. word

    POUS

  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’.

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 18:8:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Matthew 18:8, so the Greek word πούς (pous) 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.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Matt.18.8.W8.S1) and character.