Matthew 21:16:23Matt.21.16.W23TAB
αἶνον;
ainon
“praise”
- Transliteration
- AI-non
- Extended
- AI-nohn
- IPA
- /ˈai.non/
Meaning by language
- English
- praise
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
- word
AI-non
- sentence
oo-DE-po-te a-NEG-no-te HO-ti ek STO-ma-tos nê-PI-ôn KAI thê-la-ZON-tôn ka-têr-TI-sô AI-non
Exegesis
The verb katērtisō {κατηρτίσω | ka-tēr-tí-sō} ‘You have prepared’ in the aorist active indicative emphasizes completed divine action, culminating in the noun ainon {αἶνον | âi-non} ‘praise’. The Greek interrogative and citation structure are rendered in English through matching direct questions and quotation marks to preserve the rhetorical force.
Root and etymology
ainōai-né-ō
“to praise, commend”
In context — Matthew 21:16
And they said to Him, “Do You hear what these are uttering?” But Jesus says to them, “Yes; Have You never read that, ‘Out of the mouth of infants and nursing babies You have prepared praise’?”
About this coordinate
Matthew 21:16:23 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 23 of Matthew 21:16, so the Greek word αἶνον; (ainon) 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.21.16.W23, which extends further down to each syllable (Matt.21.16.W23.S1) and character.