Matthew 22:7:3Matt.22.7.W3TAB
βασιλεὺς⸃
basileus
“king”
- Transliteration
- ba-si-LEUS
- Extended
- bah-si-LEUS
- IPA
- /ba.siˈleus/
Meaning by language
- English
- king
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Beta | v — as in victory | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ba-si-LEUS
- phraseyour reading level
HO DE ba-si-LEUS or-YIS-thê
- sentence
HO DE ba-si-LEUS or-YIS-thê KAI PEMP-sas TA stra-TEU-ma-ta au-TOO a-PÔ-le-sen TOOS pho-NEIS e-KEI-nous KAI TÊN PO-lin au-TÔN e-NE-prê-sen
Exegesis
The article ho {ὁ | ho} with basileus {βασιλεὺς | basileús} ‘king’ defines him as the central actor, while the verb ōrgisthē {ὠργίσθη | ōrgísthē} ‘became angry’ in the aorist passive indicative presents his wrath as a completed internal state.
Root and etymology
basileu-ba-si-léu
“king, ruler, sovereign”
In context — Matthew 22:7
The king became angry; he sent out his armies, destroyed those murderers, and burned their city .
About this coordinate
Matthew 22:7:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Matthew 22:7, so the Greek word βασιλεὺς⸃ (basileus) 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.22.7.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Matt.22.7.W3.S1) and character.