Matthew 19:4:3Matt.19.4.W3TAB
ἀποκριθεὶς
apokritheis
“answered”
- Transliteration
- a-po-kri-THEIS
- Extended
- a-po-kri-THEIS
- IPA
- /a.po.kriˈtʰiːs/
Meaning by language
- English
- answered
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Kappa | k — as in kite | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Theta | th — as in thin | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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The word
Word in context
- word
a-po-kri-THEIS
- clause
ho DE a-po-kri-THEIS EI-pen
- 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 verse opens with the narrative formula ὁ δὲ ἀποκριθείς εἶπεν, combining the nominative articular participle apokritheis {ἀποκριθείς | apokritheís} ‘having answered’ with the finite verb eipen {εἶπεν | eîpen} ‘he said’. This participle-verb sequence functions as a standard discourse marker introducing direct speech, with the subject understood from context as Jesus.
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 19:4:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Matthew 19:4, so the Greek word ἀποκριθεὶς (apokritheis) 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.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Matt.19.4.W3.S1) and character.