Matthew 2:9:5Matt.2.9.W5TAB

βασιλέως

basileôs

king

Transliteration
ba-si-LE-ôs
Extended
bah-see-LEH-ôs
IPA
/ba.si.ˈle.ɔːs/

Meaning by language

English
king

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Result
βα + σι + λέ + ως
ba + si + le + ôs
basileôs

Alphabet Analysis

Betav — as in victory
Alphaah — as in father
Sigmas — as in sit
Iotai — as in machine
Lambdal — as in law
Epsilone — as in met (short)
Omegao — same as omicron
Sigma (final)s — used only at end of words

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Word in context

  1. word

    ba-si-LE-ôs

  2. phraseyour reading level

    HOI DE a-KOO-san-tes TOO ba-si-LE-ôs e-po-REU-thê-san

  3. sentence

    HOI DE a-KOO-san-tes TOO ba-si-LE-ôs e-po-REU-thê-san KAI i-DOO HO a-STÊR HON EI-don EN TÊI a-na-to-LÊI pro-Ê-yen au-TOOS HE-ôs el-THÔN e-STA-thê e-PA-nô HOO ÊN TO pai-DI-on

Exegesis

Linked by the article hoî dè akousantes to the noun phrase tou basiléōs {τοῦ βασιλέως | toû basiléōs} ‘of the king’, it emphasizes their prompt response.

In contextMatthew 2:9

Once they had heard the king , they set out, and behold, the star they had seen at its rising went ahead of them until it came and stood above where the child was.

About this coordinate

Matthew 2:9:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Matthew 2:9, so the Greek word βασιλέως (basileôs) 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.2.9.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Matt.2.9.W5.S1) and character.