Matthew 2:5:14Matt.2.5.W14TAB
προφήτου·
prophêtoo
“prophet”
- Transliteration
- pro-PHÊ-too
- Extended
- pro-PHÊ-too
- IPA
- /pro.ˈpʰeː.tuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- prophet
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Phi | ph — as in phone (f) | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine |
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The word
Word in context
- word
pro-PHÊ-too
- clause
HOO-tôs GAR YE-gra-ptai di-A TOO pro-PHÊ-too
- sentence
hoi DE EI-pan au-TÔ en bêth-LE-em TÊS i-oo-DAI-as HOO-tôs GAR YE-gra-ptai di-A TOO pro-PHÊ-too
Exegesis
dia tou prophetou {διὰ τοῦ προφήτου | dià tou prophētou} uses dia with the genitive to indicate mediation or agency, so the prophet is the instrument through whom the written word is conveyed. The sentence therefore moves from response to place to scriptural warrant, ending with source authority rather than with the prophecy itself.
Root and etymology
phēmiphi eta mu iota
“to speak, declare”
In context — Matthew 2:5
But they said to him, "In Bethlehem of Judea, because this is how it stands written by the prophet ."
About this coordinate
Matthew 2:5:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of Matthew 2:5, so the Greek word προφήτου· (prophêtoo) 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.2.5.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (Matt.2.5.W14.S1) and character.