Matthew 21:13:4Matt.21.13.W4TAB
Γέγραπται·
yegraptai
“It is written”
- Transliteration
- YE-grap-tai
- Extended
- YEH-grahp-tai
- IPA
- /ˈʝe.ɡrap.tai/
Meaning by language
- English
- It is written
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Alphabet Analysis
| Gamma | gh — guttural | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Gamma | gh — guttural | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Iota | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
- word
YE-grap-tai
- 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
Gegraptai {Γέγραπται | Gég-rap-tai} ‘it has been written’ signals the scriptural citation formula.
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 21:13:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Matthew 21:13, so the Greek word Γέγραπται· (yegraptai) 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.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Matt.21.13.W4.S1) and character.