Matthew 22:34:10Matt.22.34.W10TAB
ἐπὶ
epi
“to”
- Transliteration
- e-PI
- Extended
- eh-PIH
- IPA
- /e.ˈpi/
Meaning by language
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Alphabet Analysis
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Iota | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
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e-PI
- sentence
hoi DE pha-ri-SAI-oi a-KOU-san-tes HO-ti e-PHI-mo-sen TOOS sad-du-KAI-oos sy-NEKH-thê-san e-PI TO au-TO
Exegesis
The main verb synechthesan {συνήχθησαν | synḗchthēsan}, an aorist passive indicative third person plural, conveys a collective response, and the idiomatic prepositional phrase epi to auto {ἐπὶ τὸ αὐτό | epì tò autó} expresses unified gathering. In translation, the participle is rendered as a temporal-causal clause and the idiom as collective unity.
Root and etymology
epigraphoe-pi-gra-phō
“to write upon, inscribe”
In context — Matthew 22:34
But the Pharisees , having heard that He had silenced the Sadducees, gathered together.
About this coordinate
Matthew 22:34:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Matthew 22:34, so the Greek word ἐπὶ (epi) 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.22.34.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Matt.22.34.W10.S1) and character.