Matthew 21:11:8Matt.21.11.W8TAB
προφήτης
prophêtês
“prophet”
- Transliteration
- pro-PHÊ-tês
- Extended
- proh-PHÊ-tês
- IPA
- /pro.ˈpʰeː.teːs/
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 | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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The word
Word in context
- word
pro-PHÊ-tês
- clause
hoo-TOS e-stin ho pro-PHÊ-tês ee-ay-SOOS ho a-PO na-za-RETH TÊS ga-li-LAI-as
- sentence
hoi DE O-khloi E-le-gon hoo-TOS e-stin ho pro-PHÊ-tês ee-ay-SOOS ho a-PO na-za-RETH TÊS ga-li-LAI-as
Exegesis
The phrase ho prophetes Iēsous {ὁ προφήτης Ἰησοῦς | ho prophḗtēs Iēsoûs} employs the definite article to single out Jesus’s prophetic role.
Root and etymology
pro-phēmíprō-phēmí
“to speak forth”
In context — Matthew 21:11
And the crowds were saying, “This is the prophet Jesus , from Nazareth, in Galilee.”
About this coordinate
Matthew 21:11:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Matthew 21:11, so the Greek word προφήτης (prophêtês) 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.21.11.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Matt.21.11.W8.S1) and character.