Matthew 23:27:3Matt.23.27.W3TAB
γραμματεῖς
grammateis
“scribes”
- Transliteration
- gram-ma-TEIS
- Extended
- gram-ma-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
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
The indirect object humin {ὑμῖν | hymîn} 'to you' is fronted before the vocative-like nominatives grammateis {γραμματεῖς | grammateîs} and pharisaioi {Φαρισαῖοι | Pharisaîoi}, followed by hupokritai {ὑποκριταί | hypokritái} 'hypocrites', creating a strongly accusatory address.
Root and etymology
grammagamma–rho–alpha–mu–mu–alpha
“letter, written document”
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 23:27:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Matthew 23:27, 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.23.27.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Matt.23.27.W3.S1) and character.