Matthew 21:44:3Matt.21.44.W3TAB
πεσὼν
pesôn
“falls”
- Transliteration
- pe-SÔN
- Extended
- peh-SOHN
- IPA
- /peˈsɔːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- falls
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Omega | o — same as omicron | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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The word
Word in context
- word
pe-SÔN
- clause
KAI HO pe-SÔN e-PI TON LI-thon TOO-ton syn-thla-STHÊ-se-tai
- sentence
KAI HO pe-SÔN e-PI TON LI-thon TOO-ton syn-thla-STHÊ-se-tai eph HON d AN PE-SÊ lik-MÊ-sei au-TON
Exegesis
The verse opens with the nominative aorist participle pesōn {πεσὼν | pe-sṓn} ‘having fallen’ introducing a conditional protasis.
In context — Matthew 21:44
And the one who falls on this stone will be shattered; but if it falls on someone, it will crush him to dust.
About this coordinate
Matthew 21:44:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Matthew 21:44, so the Greek word πεσὼν (pesôn) 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.21.44.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Matt.21.44.W3.S1) and character.