Matthew 19:21:5Matt.19.21.W5TAB

Εἰ

ei

if

Transliteration
ei
Extended
ei
IPA
/ei/

Meaning by language

English
if

Alphabet Analysis

Epsilone — as in met (short)
Iotai — as in machine

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Word in context

  1. word

    ei

  2. phraseyour reading level

    ei THE-leis TE-lei-os EI-nai

  3. clause

    ei THE-leis TE-lei-os EI-nai HY-pa-ye PÔ-lê-son soo TA hy-PAR-khon-ta KAI DOS ptô-KHOIS KAI HE-kseis thê-sau-RON en oo-ra-NOIS KAI DEU-ro a-ko-LOO-thei moi

  4. sentence

    E-phê au-TÔI ho ee-ay-SOOS ei THE-leis TE-lei-os EI-nai HY-pa-ye PÔ-lê-son soo TA hy-PAR-khon-ta KAI DOS ptô-KHOIS KAI HE-kseis thê-sau-RON en oo-ra-NOIS KAI DEU-ro a-ko-LOO-thei moi

Exegesis

The main clause is immediately followed by a conditional construction introduced by Ei {Εἰ | Ei} ‘if’, with the predicate theleis teleios einai {θέλεις τέλειος εἶναι | thé-leis té-lei-os eî-nai} ‘you desire to be perfect’ functioning as the protasis.

Root and etymology

telostau–epsilon–lambda–omicron–sigma

end, goal, completion

In contextMatthew 19:21

Jesus said to him, “If you desire to be perfect , go, sell your possessions, and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow Me.”

About this coordinate

Matthew 19:21:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Matthew 19:21, so the Greek word Εἰ (ei) 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.19.21.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Matt.19.21.W5.S1) and character.