Matthew 23:19:9Matt.23.19.W9TAB
θυσιαστήριον
thysiastêrion
“altar”
- Transliteration
- thy-si-a-STÊ-ri-on
- Extended
- thy-si-a-STÊ-ri-on
- IPA
- /tʰy.si.a.ˈsteː.ri.on/
Meaning by language
- English
- altar
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Theta | th — as in thin | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
- word
thy-si-a-STÊ-ri-on
- phraseyour reading level
TO DÔ-ron Ê TO thy-si-a-STÊ-ri-on TO ha-YA-zon TO DÔ-ron
- sentence
ty-PHLOI TI GAR MEI-zon TO DÔ-ron Ê TO thy-si-a-STÊ-ri-on TO ha-YA-zon TO DÔ-ron
Exegesis
The neuter comparative meizōn {μείζων | meízōn} “greater” stands predicatively and conceptually takes as its comparison the two neuter substantives to doron {τὸ δῶρον | tó dô-ron} “the gift” and to thysiastērion {τὸ θυσιαστήριον | tó thys-i-as-tḗ-ri-on} “the altar.”
Root and etymology
thuotheta–upsilon–omega
“to sacrifice, offer”
In context — Matthew 23:19
Blind ones, which is greater, the gift or the altar that sanctifies the gift?
About this coordinate
Matthew 23:19:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Matthew 23:19, so the Greek word θυσιαστήριον (thysiastêrion) 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.23.19.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Matt.23.19.W9.S1) and character.