Matthew 22:18:12Matt.22.18.W12TAB
ὑποκριταί;
hypokritai
“hypocrites”
- Transliteration
- hy-po-kri-TAI
- Extended
- hy-po-kri-TAI
- IPA
- /hy.po.kriˈtai/
Meaning by language
- English
- hypocrites
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Alphabet Analysis
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Kappa | k — as in kite | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Iota | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
- word
hy-po-kri-TAI
- clause
TI me pei-RA-ze-te hy-po-kri-TAI
- sentence
GNOOS DE ho ee-ay-SOOS TÊN po-nê-RI-an au-TÔN EI-pen TI me pei-RA-ze-te hy-po-kri-TAI
Exegesis
The vocative hypokritai {ὑποκριταί | hypokritái} is placed at the end as a sharp address, intensifying the rebuke by explicitly naming their moral duplicity. In translation, the participle is rendered with a temporal-causal nuance (“having known” / “saw through”), the interrogative is reshaped into a natural English question, and the vocative “hypocrites” is retained to preserve the direct confrontational tone of the Greek.
In context — Matthew 22:18
But Jesus , having known their wickedness , said, “Why do you test Me, hypocrites?”
About this coordinate
Matthew 22:18:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Matthew 22:18, so the Greek word ὑποκριταί; (hypokritai) 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.22.18.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Matt.22.18.W12.S1) and character.