Matthew 22:37:5Matt.22.37.W5TAB
Ἀγαπήσεις
agapêseis
“You shall love”
- Transliteration
- a-ga-PÊ-seis
- Extended
- ah-ga-PÊ-seis
- IPA
- /a.gaˈpeː.seis/
Meaning by language
- English
- You shall love
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Gamma | gh — guttural | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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Word in context
- word
a-ga-PÊ-seis
- clause
a-ga-PÊ-seis KY-ree-on TON the-ON soo en HO-lêi TÊI kar-DI-ai soo KAI en HO-lêi TÊI psy-KHÊI soo KAI en HO-lêi TÊI di-a-NOI-ai soo
- sentence
HO DE E-phê au-TOI a-ga-PÊ-seis KY-ree-on TON the-ON soo en HO-lêi TÊI kar-DI-ai soo KAI en HO-lêi TÊI psy-KHÊI soo KAI en HO-lêi TÊI di-a-NOI-ai soo
Exegesis
The main content is a quoted command introduced by Agapēseis {Ἀγαπήσεις | a-ga-pḗ-seis}, a future active indicative form frequently used imperatively in biblical Greek, which gives the statement the force of an authoritative requirement.
Root and etymology
agapaoalpha–gamma–alpha–pi–alpha–omega
“to love with devoted commitment”
In context — Matthew 22:37
But He said to him, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind .”
About this coordinate
Matthew 22:37:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Matthew 22:37, so the Greek word Ἀγαπήσεις (agapêseis) 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.22.37.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Matt.22.37.W5.S1) and character.