Matthew 23:13:4Matt.23.13.W4TAB
γραμματεῖς
grammateis
“scribes”
- Transliteration
- gram-ma-TEIS
- Extended
- grahm-mah-TEIS
- IPA
- /gram.maˈteːs/
Meaning by language
- English
- scribes
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Alphabet Analysis
| Gamma | gh — guttural | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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The word
Word in context
- word
gram-ma-TEIS
- phraseyour reading level
gram-ma-TEIS KAI pha-ri-SAI-oi hy-po-kri-TAI
- clause
ou-AI DE hy-MEEN gram-ma-TEIS KAI pha-ri-SAI-oi hy-po-kri-TAI HO-ti KLEI-e-te TÊN ba-si-LEI-an TÔN ou-ra-NÔN EM-pros-then TÔN an-THRÔ-pôn
- sentence
ou-AI DE hy-MEEN gram-ma-TEIS KAI pha-ri-SAI-oi hy-po-kri-TAI HO-ti KLEI-e-te TÊN ba-si-LEI-an TÔN ou-ra-NÔN EM-pros-then TÔN an-THRÔ-pôn hy-MEIS GAR ouk ei-SER-khe-sthe ou-DE TOUS ei-ser-kho-ME-nous a-PHI-e-te ei-sel-THEIN
Exegesis
The dative plural humin {ὑμῖν | humîn} ‘to you’ marks the recipients—grammateis {γραμματεῖς | grammateîs} ‘scribes’ and Pharisaioi {Φαρισαῖοι | Pharisaîoi} ‘Pharisees’—who are then called hupokritai {ὑποκριταί | hupokritaí} ‘hypocrites’.
Root and etymology
grammagamma–rho–alpha–mu–mu–alpha
“letter, written document”
In context — Matthew 23:13
But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, because you close the kingdom of heaven in front of people ; for you yourselves do not enter, and you do not allow those who are entering to enter.
About this coordinate
Matthew 23:13:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Matthew 23:13, so the Greek word γραμματεῖς (grammateis) 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.23.13.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Matt.23.13.W4.S1) and character.