Matthew 19:23:12Matt.19.23.W12TAB
⸂πλούσιος
ploosios
“a rich person”
- Transliteration
- PLOO-si-os
- Extended
- PLOO-si-ohs
- IPA
- /ˈpluː.si.os/
Meaning by language
- English
- a rich person
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Alphabet Analysis
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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The word
Word in context
- word
PLOO-si-os
- clause
a-MÊN LE-gô hy-MEEN HO-ti PLOO-si-os dys-KO-lôs ei-se-LEU-se-tai eis TÊN ba-si-LEI-an TÔN oo-ra-NÔN
- sentence
ho DE ee-ay-SOOS EI-pen TOIS ma-thê-TAIS au-TOO a-MÊN LE-gô hy-MEEN HO-ti PLOO-si-os dys-KO-lôs ei-se-LEU-se-tai eis TÊN ba-si-LEI-an TÔN oo-ra-NÔN
Exegesis
Within this clause, plousios {πλούσιος | ploú-sios} functions substantivally as the subject, while the adverb dyskolos {δυσκόλως | dys-kó-lōs} modifies the future middle verb eiseleusetai {εἰσελεύσεται | ei-se-leú-se-tai} ‘will enter,’ emphasizing manner rather than impossibility.
Root and etymology
ploutospi lambda omicron upsilon tau omicron sigma
“wealth, riches”
In context — Matthew 19:23
But Jesus said to His disciples, “Truly , I say to you that a rich person will enter into the kingdom of the heavens with difficulty.”
About this coordinate
Matthew 19:23:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Matthew 19:23, so the Greek word ⸂πλούσιος (ploosios) 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.19.23.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Matt.19.23.W12.S1) and character.