Matthew 18:9:6Matt.18.9.W6TAB
σκανδαλίζει
skandalizei
“causes to stumble”
- Transliteration
- skan-da-LI-zei
- Extended
- skan-da-LI-zei
- IPA
- /skan.daˈli.ziː/
Meaning by language
- English
- causes to stumble
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Kappa | k — as in kite | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Delta | th — as in this | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Zeta | z — as in daze | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Iota | i — as in machine |
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The word
Word in context
- word
skan-da-LI-zei
- phraseyour reading level
KAI ei ho oph-thal-MOS sou skan-da-LI-zei se
- clause
KAI ei ho oph-thal-MOS sou skan-da-LI-zei se EK-se-le au-TON KAI BA-le a-PO SOU
- 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 phrase ho ophthalmos sou {ὁ ὀφθαλμός σου | ho oph-thal-mós soú} ‘your eye’ is the subject of skandalizei {σκανδαλίζει | skan-da-lí-zei} ‘causes to stumble’, with se {σε | se} ‘you’ as its object.
Root and etymology
skandalonsigma–kappa–alpha–nu–delta–alpha–lambda–omicron–nu
“stumbling block”
In context — Matthew 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 18:9:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Matthew 18:9, 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.18.9.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Matt.18.9.W6.S1) and character.