Matthew 23:27:17Matt.23.27.W17TAB
δὲ
de
“but”
- Transliteration
- DE
- Extended
- DE
- IPA
- /ˈde/
Meaning by language
- English
- but
Alphabet Analysis
| Delta | th — as in this | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) |
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Word in context
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OI-ti-nes EKS-o-then MEN PHAI-non-tai hô-RAI-oi E-sô-then DE YE-moo-sin os-TE-ôn ne-KRÔN KAI PA-sês a-ka-thar-SI-as
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ou-AI hy-MEIN gram-ma-TEIS KAI pha-ri-SAI-oi hy-po-kri-TAI HO-ti pa-ro-moi-A-ze-te TA-phois ke-ko-ni-a-ME-nois OI-ti-nes EKS-o-then MEN PHAI-non-tai hô-RAI-oi E-sô-then DE YE-moo-sin os-TE-ôn ne-KRÔN KAI PA-sês a-ka-thar-SI-as
Exegesis
This contrast is structurally reinforced by the particle pair men...de {μέν... δέ | mén... dé}, rendered 'on the one hand...but on the other hand', which coordinates two clauses: externally, the tombs phainontai {φαίνονται | phaínontai} 'appear' horaios {ὡραῖοι | hōraîoi} 'beautiful'; internally, they gemousin {γέμουσιν | gémousin} 'are full' of osteon nekron {ὀστέων νεκρῶν | ostéōn nekrôn} 'bones of the dead' and pases akatharsias {πάσης ἀκαθαρσίας | pásēs akatharsías} 'all impurity'. The genitives function as content genitives specifying what fills the tombs. The translation preserves the causal hoti clause, the relative clause, and the men...de contrast with parallel structures to retain the rhetorical force of the external piety versus internal corruption imagery.
Root and etymology
desmeúōdesmeuō
“to bind”
In context — Matthew 23:27
Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, because you are like whitewashed tombs which, on the outside, indeed appear beautiful, but inside they are full of bones of dead men and all uncleanness .
About this coordinate
Matthew 23:27:17 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 17 of Matthew 23:27, so the Greek word δὲ (de) 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.23.27.W17, which extends further down to each syllable (Matt.23.27.W17.S1) and character.