Matthew 22:40:5Matt.22.40.W5TAB
ἐντολαῖς
entolais
“commandments”
- Transliteration
- en-to-LAIS
- Extended
- en-to-LAIS
- IPA
- /en.to.ˈlais/
Meaning by language
- English
- commandments
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Alphabet Analysis
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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The word
Word in context
- word
en-to-LAIS
- sentence
en TAU-tais TAIS dy-SIN en-to-LAIS HO-los ho NO-mos KRE-ma-tai KAI HOI pro-PHÊ-tai
Exegesis
The dative phrase en tautais tais dysin entolais {ἐν ταύταις ταῖς δυσὶν ἐντολαῖς | en tautais tais dysin entolais} ‘in these two commandments’ establishes the sphere of obligation.
In context — Matthew 22:40
In these two commandments , the whole Law and the Prophets hang.
About this coordinate
Matthew 22:40:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Matthew 22:40, so the Greek word ἐντολαῖς (entolais) 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.22.40.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Matt.22.40.W5.S1) and character.