Matthew 21:42:14Matt.21.42.W14TAB
οἰκοδομοῦντες
oikodomoontes
“builders”
- Transliteration
- oi-ko-do-MOON-tes
- Extended
- oi-koh-doh-MOON-tehs
- IPA
- /oi.ko.do.ˈmuːn.tes/
Meaning by language
- English
- builders
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Kappa | k — as in kite | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Delta | th — as in this | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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The word
Word in context
- word
oi-ko-do-MOON-tes
- clause
LEE-thon HON a-pe-do-KI-ma-san hoi oi-ko-do-MOON-tes HOU-tos e-ye-NÊ-thê eis ke-pha-LÊN gô-NI-as
- sentence
LE-yei au-TOIS HO ee-ay-SOOS ou-DE-po-te a-NEG-no-te en TAIS gra-PHAIS LEE-thon HON a-pe-do-KI-ma-san hoi oi-ko-do-MOON-tes HOU-tos e-ye-NÊ-thê eis ke-pha-LÊN gô-NI-as pa-RA ky-RI-oo e-YE-ne-to HAU-tê KAI ES-tin thau-ma-STÊ en oph-thal-MOIS hê-MON
Exegesis
The relative clause lithon hon apedokimasan hoi oikodomountes {Λίθον ὃν ἀπεδοκίμασαν οἱ οἰκοδομοῦντες | Lí-thon hon a-pe-do-ki-ma-san hoi oi-ko-do-moûn-tes} ‘the stone which the builders rejected’ sets the scene of rejection.
In context — Matthew 21:42
Jesus said to them, “Have you never read in the Scriptures, ‘The stone that the builders rejected has become the head of the corner; this came from the Lord , and it is marvelous in our eyes.’”
About this coordinate
Matthew 21:42:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of Matthew 21:42, so the Greek word οἰκοδομοῦντες (oikodomoontes) 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.21.42.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (Matt.21.42.W14.S1) and character.