Matthew 22:24:21Matt.22.24.W21TAB

τῷ

tôi

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Transliteration
TÔI
Extended
TÔI
IPA
/ˈtɔːi/

Meaning by language

English
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Alphabet Analysis

Taut — as in top
Omegao — same as omicron

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  1. word

    TÔI

  2. phraseyour reading level

    e-pi-gam-BREU-sei ho a-del-PHOS au-TOO TÊN gy-NAI-ka au-TOO KAI a-na-STÊ-sei SPER-ma TÔI a-del-PHÔI au-TOO

  3. clause

    e-AN tis a-po-THA-nê MÊ E-khôn TEK-na e-pi-gam-BREU-sei ho a-del-PHOS au-TOO TÊN gy-NAI-ka au-TOO KAI a-na-STÊ-sei SPER-ma TÔI a-del-PHÔI au-TOO

  4. sentence

    LE-gon-tes di-DAS-ka-le mô-y-SÊS EI-pen e-AN tis a-po-THA-nê MÊ E-khôn TEK-na e-pi-gam-BREU-sei ho a-del-PHOS au-TOO TÊN gy-NAI-ka au-TOO KAI a-na-STÊ-sei SPER-ma TÔI a-del-PHÔI au-TOO

Exegesis

The coordinated future anastēsei {ἀναστήσει | a-na-stḗ-sei} with object sperma {σπέρμα | spé-rma} and indirect object tō adelphō autou {τῷ ἀδελφῷ αὐτοῦ | tō a-del-phō̂ au-toû} states the legal purpose: “he will raise up seed for his brother,” a technical way of describing the continuation of the deceased brother’s line. The Greek word order groups the condition (death without children) first, then the required levirate action, highlighting the legal obligation on the surviving brother. In translation, the participial legontes is rendered with a finite “They said” for clarity, and the technical verb epigambreusei is paraphrased into an idiomatic expression about marrying the widow, while preserving the conditional structure and future obligation.

Root and etymology

zaōzeta–alpha–omega

to live, be alive

In contextMatthew 22:24

They said, “Teacher, Moses said, ‘If a man dies without having children, his brother will marry his wife and raise up offspring for his brother.’”

About this coordinate

Matthew 22:24:21 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 21 of Matthew 22:24, so the Greek word τῷ (tôi) 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.22.24.W21, which extends further down to each syllable (Matt.22.24.W21.S1) and character.