Matthew 19:4:9Matt.19.4.W9TAB
⸀κτίσας
ktisas
“created”
- Transliteration
- KTI-sas
- Extended
- KTI-sas
- IPA
- /ˈkti.sas/
Meaning by language
- English
- created
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Kappa | k — as in kite | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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The word
Word in context
- word
KTI-sas
- 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 clause introduced by hoti {ὅτι | hóti} ‘that’ contains a nominal subject expressed by the articular participle ho ktisas {ὁ κτίσας | ho ktísas} ‘the One who created’, which functions substantively to denote the Creator.
Root and etymology
Rootkappa–tau–iota–zeta–omega
“to create, found, bring into existence”
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 19:4:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Matthew 19:4, so the Greek word ⸀κτίσας (ktisas) 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.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Matt.19.4.W9.S1) and character.