Matthew 23:17:6Matt.23.17.W6TAB
μείζων
meizôn
“greater”
- Transliteration
- MEI-zôn
- Extended
- MEI-zôn
- IPA
- /ˈmei.zɔːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- greater
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Zeta | z — as in daze | |
| Omega | o — same as omicron | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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The word
Word in context
- word
MEI-zôn
- phraseyour reading level
TIS GAR MEI-zôn es-TIN
- sentence
mô-ROI KAI ty-PHLOI TIS GAR MEI-zôn es-TIN ho khry-SOS Ê ho na-OS ho ha-yi-A-sas TON khry-SON
Exegesis
The comparative adjective meizōn {μείζων | meízōn} “greater” heads the interrogative clause, setting up a comparison between two nominative subjects: ho chrysos {ὁ χρυσὸς | ho chry-sòs} “the gold” and ho naos {ὁ ναὸς | ho na-òs} “the temple.”
Root and etymology
megasmu–epsilon–gamma–alpha–sigma
“great, large, important”
In context — Matthew 23:17
Fools and blind ones, for which is greater—the gold or the temple that sanctified the gold ?
About this coordinate
Matthew 23:17:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Matthew 23:17, so the Greek word μείζων (meizôn) 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.23.17.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Matt.23.17.W6.S1) and character.