Matthew 19:8:7Matt.19.8.W7TAB
σκληροκαρδίαν
sklêrokardian
“hardness of heart”
- Transliteration
- sklê-ro-kar-DI-an
- Extended
- sklê-ro-kar-DI-an
- IPA
- /skleː.ro.kar.ˈdi.an/
Meaning by language
- English
- hardness of heart
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Kappa | k — as in kite | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Kappa | k — as in kite | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Delta | th — as in this | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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The word
Word in context
- word
sklê-ro-kar-DI-an
- phraseyour reading level
LE-yei au-TOIS HO-ti mô-y-SÊS PROS TÊN sklê-ro-kar-DI-an hy-MÔN e-PE-trep-sen hy-MEEN a-po-LY-sai TAS gy-NAI-kas hy-MÔN
- sentence
LE-yei au-TOIS HO-ti mô-y-SÊS PROS TÊN sklê-ro-kar-DI-an hy-MÔN e-PE-trep-sen hy-MEEN a-po-LY-sai TAS gy-NAI-kas hy-MÔN ap ar-KHÊS DE ou YE-go-nen HOU-tôs
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase pros tēn sklērokardian hymōn {πρὸς τὴν σκληροκαρδίαν ὑμῶν | prós tēn sklē-ro-kar-dí-an hy-môn} precedes the main verb epetrepsen {ἐπέτρεψεν | e-pé-trep-sen}, placing rhetorical emphasis on the cause (“because of your hardness of heart”) before the permission itself.
Root and etymology
sklerossigma–kappa–lambda–eta–rho–omicron–sigma
“stubborn hardness of heart”
In context — Matthew 19:8
He said to them, “Because of your hardness of heart , Moses permitted you to divorce your wives, but from the beginning it has not been this way.”
About this coordinate
Matthew 19:8:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Matthew 19:8, so the Greek word σκληροκαρδίαν (sklêrokardian) 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.19.8.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Matt.19.8.W7.S1) and character.