Matthew 23:15:16Matt.23.15.W16TAB
προσήλυτον,
prosêlyton
“a proselyte”
- Transliteration
- pro-SÊ-ly-ton
- Extended
- pro-Ê-ly-ton
- IPA
- /proˈseː.ly.ton/
Meaning by language
- English
- a proselyte
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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The word
Word in context
- word
pro-SÊ-ly-ton
- phraseyour reading level
HO-ti pe-ri-A-ye-te tên THA-las-san kai tên ksê-RAN poi-Ê-sai HE-na pro-SÊ-ly-ton
- sentence
oo-AI hy-MEEN gram-ma-TEIS kai pha-ri-SAI-oi hy-po-kri-TAI HO-ti pe-ri-A-ye-te tên THA-las-san kai tên ksê-RAN poi-Ê-sai HE-na pro-SÊ-ly-ton kai HO-tan YE-nê-tai poi-EI-te au-TON hy-ON ye-EN-nês di-PLO-te-ron hy-MÔN
Exegesis
The infinitival clause poiesai hena proselyton {ποιῆσαι ἕνα προσήλυτον | poi-ê-sai hé-na pro-sḗ-ly-ton} functions as a purpose construction dependent on periagete, stating the goal of this strenuous activity.
In context — Matthew 23:15
Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! Because you travel across sea and land to make one proselyte , and when he becomes one, you make him twice as much a son of Gehenna as yourselves.
About this coordinate
Matthew 23:15:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of Matthew 23:15, so the Greek word προσήλυτον, (prosêlyton) 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.23.15.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (Matt.23.15.W16.S1) and character.