Matthew 22:21:7Matt.22.21.W7TAB
Ἀπόδοτε
apodote
“Render”
- Transliteration
- a-PO-do-te
- Extended
- ah-POH-doh-teh
- IPA
- /a.ˈpo.do.te/
Meaning by language
- English
- Render
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Alphabet Analysis
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Delta | th — as in this | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) |
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The word
Word in context
- word
a-PO-do-te
- clause
a-PO-do-te OUN TA KAI-sa-ros KAI-sa-ri KAI TA TOU the-OO TOI the-OI
- sentence
TO-te LE-yei au-TOIS a-PO-do-te OUN TA KAI-sa-ros KAI-sa-ri KAI TA TOU the-OO TOI the-OI
Exegesis
The decisive aorist imperative apodote {Ἀπόδοτε | a-pó-do-te} ‘give back’ issues a direct command, linked by the inferential oun {οὖν | oûn} ‘therefore.’
Root and etymology
apodidōmia-po-dí-dō-mi
“to give back, repay”
In context — Matthew 22:21
They said to Him, “Caesar’s.” Then He said to them, “Therefore, repay Caesar what belongs to Caesar, and give to God what belongs to God.”
About this coordinate
Matthew 22:21:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Matthew 22:21, so the Greek word Ἀπόδοτε (apodote) 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.22.21.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Matt.22.21.W7.S1) and character.