Matthew 18:9:15Matt.18.9.W15TAB

σοί

soi

for you

Transliteration
SOI
Extended
SOI
IPA
/ˈsoi/

Meaning by language

English
for you

Alphabet Analysis

Sigmas — as in sit
Omicrono — as in omit (short)
Iotai — as in machine

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Word in context

  1. word

    SOI

  2. phraseyour reading level

    ka-LON SOI es-tin mo-NOPH-thal-mon eis TÊN zô-ÊN ei-sel-THEIN

  3. clause

    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

  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 evaluative clause kalon soi estin {καλὸν σοί ἐστίν | ka-lón soí e-stín} ‘it is better for you’ introduces a contrast between the infinitival constructions monophthalmon eis ten zoen eiselthein {μονόφθαλμον εἰς τὴν ζωὴν εἰσελθεῖν} ‘to enter life with one eye’ and echonta duo ophthalmous blethenai {ἔχοντα δύο ὀφθαλμούς βληθῆναι} ‘having two eyes to be thrown’, where the passive infinitive blethenai {βληθῆναι | blē-thê-nai} ‘to be thrown’ describes the dire consequence.

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 18:9:15 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 15 of Matthew 18:9, so the Greek word σοί (soi) 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.W15, which extends further down to each syllable (Matt.18.9.W15.S1) and character.