Matthew 23:15:8Matt.23.15.W8TAB
περιάγετε
periayete
“you go around”
- Transliteration
- pe-ri-A-ye-te
- Extended
- peh-ree-AH-yeh-teh
- IPA
- /pe.riˈa.ʝe.te/
Meaning by language
- English
- you go around
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Alphabet Analysis
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Gamma | gh — guttural | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) |
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Word in context
- word
pe-ri-A-ye-te
- 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 causal conjunction hoti {ὅτι | hó-ti} introduces the reason for the woe, governing the finite verb periagete {περιάγετε | pe-ri-á-ge-te}, whose direct objects are the paired accusatives ten thalassan kai ten xeran {τὴν θάλασσαν καὶ τὴν ξηρὰν | tḕn thá-las-san kai tḕn xē-rán}, a merism expressing exhaustive effort (“sea and dry land”).
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 23:15:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Matthew 23:15, so the Greek word περιάγετε (periayete) 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.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Matt.23.15.W8.S1) and character.