Matthew 23:20:3Matt.23.20.W3TAB
ὀμόσας
omosas
“having sworn”
- Transliteration
- o-MO-sas
- Extended
- o-MO-sas
- IPA
- /o.ˈmo.sas/
Meaning by language
- English
- having sworn
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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The word
Word in context
- word
o-MO-sas
- sentence
ho OON o-MO-sas en TÔI thy-si-a-stê-RI-ôi om-NY-ei en au-TÔI KAI en PA-si TOIS e-PA-nô au-TOO
Exegesis
The clause opens with the articular participle construction ho homosas {ὁ ὀμόσας | ho omósas} ‘the one who has sworn,’ which functions substantivally to describe a generic person.
In context — Matthew 23:20
Therefore, the one who swears by the altar swears by it and by all the things that are on it .
About this coordinate
Matthew 23:20:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Matthew 23:20, so the Greek word ὀμόσας (omosas) 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.23.20.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Matt.23.20.W3.S1) and character.