Matthew 23:22:5Matt.23.22.W5TAB
τῷ
tôi
“the”
- Transliteration
- TÔI
- Extended
- TÔI
- IPA
- /ˈtɔːi/
Meaning by language
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Alphabet Analysis
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Omega | o — same as omicron |
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Word in context
- word
TÔI
- sentence
KAI HO o-MO-sas EN TÔI ou-ra-NÔI om-NY-ei EN TÔI THRO-nôi TOO the-OO KAI EN TÔI ka-thê-ME-nôi e-PA-nô au-TOO
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase en tō ouranō {ἐν τῷ οὐρανῷ | en tō ou-ra-nō} is idiomatically rendered “by heaven,” since in oath contexts the preposition en with a dative object conveys the idea of swearing “by” something rather than simple location.
The following clause repeats en with another dative, en tō thrōnō tou theou {ἐν τῷ θρόνῳ τοῦ θεοῦ | en tō thró-nō tou the-ou}, “by the throne of God,” where the genitive tou theou {τοῦ θεοῦ | tou the-ou} specifies whose throne it is and heightens the seriousness of the oath by tying heaven directly to God’s royal authority.
The final coordinated phrase en tō kathēmenō epanō autou {ἐν τῷ καθημένῳ ἐπάνω αὐτοῦ | en tō ka-thē-me-nō e-pá-nō au-tou} uses an articular participle, “the One who is sitting,” modified by epanō autou “over it,” to denote the enthroned Divine Person inseparable from the throne itself. Syntactically, the repeated en + dative structure creates a tight parallelism that equates swearing by heaven with swearing by both God’s throne and the One enthroned, which guided the English renderings “swears by” and “makes an oath by” to capture the underlying oath formula.
Root and etymology
phoneuōpho-neú-ō
“to kill, murder”
In context — Matthew 23:22
And the one who swears by heaven swears by the throne of God , and by Him who sits upon it.
About this coordinate
Matthew 23:22:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Matthew 23:22, so the Greek word τῷ (tôi) 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.23.22.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Matt.23.22.W5.S1) and character.