Matthew 21:19:28Matt.21.19.W28TAB

εἰς

eis

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Transliteration
eis
Extended
eis
IPA
/iːs/

Meaning by language

English
for

Alphabet Analysis

Epsilone — as in met (short)
Iotai — as in machine
Sigma (final)s — used only at end of words

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Word in context

  1. word

    eis

  2. clause

    mê-KE-ti ek SOO kar-POS YE-nê-tai eis TON ai-Ô-na

  3. sentence

    KAI i-DÔN sy-KÊN MI-an e-PI TÊS ho-DOO ÊL-then ep au-TÊN KAI oo-DEN EU-ren en au-TÊ ei MÊ PHYL-la MO-non KAI LE-yei au-TÊ mê-KE-ti ek SOO kar-POS YE-nê-tai eis TON ai-Ô-na KAI ek-sê-RAN-thê pa-ra-KHRÊ-ma HÊ sy-KÊ

Exegesis

The main verb legei {λέγει | lé-gei} ‘he says’ introduces a performative declaration using the negative adverb meketi {Μηκέτι | mē-ké-ti} ‘no longer’ with the aorist middle subjunctive genetai {γένηται | gé-nē-tai} in mēketi ek sou karpos genetai eis ton aiona {Μηκέτι ἐκ σοῦ καρπὸς γένηται εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα | mē-ké-ti ek sou kar-pós gé-nē-tai eis ton ai-ō-na} ‘May fruit never again come from you into the age’.

Root and etymology

Rootiota–epsilon–rho–epsilon–upsilon–sigma

priest

In contextMatthew 21:19

And seeing a fig tree beside the road, Jesus went to it and found nothing on it except leaves. Then He said to it, “May fruit never again come from you forever,” and the fig tree withered immediately.

About this coordinate

Matthew 21:19:28 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 28 of Matthew 21:19, so the Greek word εἰς (eis) 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.21.19.W28, which extends further down to each syllable (Matt.21.19.W28.S1) and character.