Matthew 21:13:16Matt.21.13.W16TAB
λῃστῶν.
lêstôn
“robbers”
- Transliteration
- lê-STÔN
- Extended
- lê-STÔN
- IPA
- /leːˈstɔːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- robbers
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Omega | o — same as omicron | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
- word
lê-STÔN
- phraseyour reading level
hy-MEIS DE au-TON poi-EI-te SPÊ-lai-on lê-STÔN
- clause
HO oi-KOS MOO OI-kos pro-seu-KHÊS klê-THÊ-se-tai hy-MEIS DE au-TON poi-EI-te SPÊ-lai-on lê-STÔN
- sentence
KAI LE-yei au-TOIS YE-grap-tai HO oi-KOS MOO OI-kos pro-seu-KHÊS klê-THÊ-se-tai hy-MEIS DE au-TON poi-EI-te SPÊ-lai-on lê-STÔN
Exegesis
Spelaion lēistōn {σπήλαιον λῃστῶν | spḗ-lai-on lēi-stṓn} ‘den of robbers’ completes the accusation, the genitive lēistōn specifying the illicit occupants of the temple.
In context — Matthew 21:13
And He said to them, “It has been written, ‘My house shall be called a house of prayer,’ but you are making it a den of robbers.”
About this coordinate
Matthew 21:13:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of Matthew 21:13, so the Greek word λῃστῶν. (lêstôn) 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.21.13.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (Matt.21.13.W16.S1) and character.