Matthew 19:4:16Matt.19.4.W16TAB
αὐτοὺς
autoos
“them”
- Transliteration
- au-TOOS
- Extended
- au-TOOS
- IPA
- /auˈtuːs/
Meaning by language
- English
- them
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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The word
Word in context
- word
au-TOOS
- clause
ook a-NEG-no-te HO-ti ho KTI-sas ap ar-KHÊS AR-sen KAI THÊ-ly e-POI-ê-sen au-TOOS
- sentence
ho DE a-po-kri-THEIS EI-pen ook a-NEG-no-te HO-ti ho KTI-sas ap ar-KHÊS AR-sen KAI THÊ-ly e-POI-ê-sen au-TOOS
Exegesis
The pronoun autous {αὐτούς | autoús} ‘them’ gathers the pair into a single human unit. In translation, the rhetorical question is retained with a present perfect-like sense (“have you not read”), ho ktisas is rendered as “the One who created” or “the Creator” to preserve its personal and active nuance, and the word order “made them male and female” is maintained to mirror the emphasis of the Greek.
In context — Matthew 19:4
But He answered and said, “Have you not read that the One who created them from the beginning made them male and female ?”
About this coordinate
Matthew 19:4:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of Matthew 19:4, so the Greek word αὐτοὺς (autoos) 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.19.4.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (Matt.19.4.W16.S1) and character.