Matthew 23:25:3Matt.23.25.W3TAB
γραμματεῖς
grammateis
“scribes”
- Transliteration
- gram-ma-TEIS
- Extended
- grahm-mah-TEIS
- IPA
- /gram.ma.ˈtiːs/
Meaning by language
- English
- scribes
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Gamma | gh — guttural | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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The word
Word in context
- word
gram-ma-TEIS
- phraseyour reading level
gram-ma-TEIS KAI pha-ri-SAI-oi hy-po-kri-TAI
- sentence
oo-AI hy-MEEN gram-ma-TEIS KAI pha-ri-SAI-oi hy-po-kri-TAI HO-ti ka-tha-RI-ze-te TO EK-sô-then TOO po-tê-RI-oo KAI TÊS pa-rop-SI-dos E-sô-then DE YE-moo-sin eks har-pa-YÊS KAI a-kra-SI-as
Exegesis
This is immediately personalized by the indirect object hymin {ὑμῖν | hymîn} ‘to you,’ followed by a vocative chain grammateis kai Pharisaioi hypokritai {γραμματεῖς καὶ Φαρισαῖοι ὑποκριταί | grammateîs kaì Pharisaîoi hypokritái}, which names the groups and labels them ‘hypocrites’ for rhetorical impact.
Root and etymology
grammagamma–rho–alpha–mu–mu–alpha
“letter, written document”
In context — Matthew 23:25
Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! Because you cleanse the outside of the cup and of the dish, but inside they are full of greed and self-indulgence .
About this coordinate
Matthew 23:25:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Matthew 23:25, so the Greek word γραμματεῖς (grammateis) 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.23.25.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Matt.23.25.W3.S1) and character.