Matthew 18:9:11Matt.18.9.W11TAB

βάλε

bale

throw

Transliteration
BA-le
Extended
BA-le
IPA
/ˈba.le/

Meaning by language

English
throw

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Result
βά + λε
ba + le
bale

Alphabet Analysis

Betav — as in victory
Alphaah — as in father
Lambdal — as in law
Epsilone — as in met (short)

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  1. word

    BA-le

  2. phraseyour reading level

    EK-se-le au-TON KAI BA-le a-PO SOU

  3. clause

    KAI ei ho oph-thal-MOS sou skan-da-LI-zei se EK-se-le au-TON KAI BA-le a-PO SOU

  4. sentence

    KAI ei ho oph-thal-MOS sou skan-da-LI-zei se EK-se-le au-TON KAI BA-le a-PO SOU ka-LON SOI es-tin mo-NOPH-thal-mon eis TÊN zô-ÊN ei-sel-THEIN Ê DY-o oph-thal-MOUS E-khon-ta blê-THÊ-nai eis TÊN YE-en-nan TOU py-ROS

Exegesis

The aorist imperatives exele {ἔξελε | é-xe-le} ‘tear out’ and bale {βάλε | bá-le} ‘throw’ demand decisive removal of the source of sin, emphasized by the prepositional phrase apo sou {ἀπὸ σοῦ | apó soû} ‘away from you’.

In contextMatthew 18:9

And if your eye causes you to stumble, tear it out and throw it away from yourself. It is better for you to enter life with one eye than, having two eyes, to be thrown into Gehenna of fire.

About this coordinate

Matthew 18:9:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Matthew 18:9, so the Greek word βάλε (bale) 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.18.9.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Matt.18.9.W11.S1) and character.