Matthew 21:13:9Matt.21.13.W9TAB
προσευχῆς
proseukhês
“prayer”
- Transliteration
- pro-seu-KHÊS
- Extended
- proh-seu-KHÊS
- IPA
- /pro.seuˈkʰeːs/
Meaning by language
- English
- prayer
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Chi | h/kh — like Bach | |
| 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-seu-KHÊS
- phraseyour reading level
HO oi-KOS MOO OI-kos pro-seu-KHÊS klê-THÊ-se-tai
- 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
The phrase ho oikos mou oikos proseuches {Ὁ οἶκός μου οἶκος προσευχῆς | Ho ôi-kos mou ôi-kos pros-eu-khês} conjoins possession and purpose: ‘my house {house of prayer}.’
Root and etymology
euch-
“prayer, vow”
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 21:13:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Matthew 21:13, so the Greek word προσευχῆς (proseukhês) 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.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Matt.21.13.W9.S1) and character.