Matthew 23:27:9Matt.23.27.W9TAB
τάφοις
taphois
“tombs”
- Transliteration
- TA-phois
- Extended
- TA-phois
- IPA
- /ˈta.pʰois/
Meaning by language
- English
- tombs
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Alphabet Analysis
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Phi | ph — as in phone (f) | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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Word in context
- word
TA-phois
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HO-ti pa-ro-moi-A-ze-te TA-phois ke-ko-ni-a-ME-nois
- 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
Within that clause, the main verb is the second person plural paramoiazete {παραμοιάζετε | paramoiázete} 'you resemble', which governs the dative taphois kekoniamenois {τάφοις κεκονιαμένοις | táphois kekoniaménois} 'whitewashed tombs', a dative of comparison.
Root and etymology
taphostau–alpha–phi–omicron–sigma
“tomb, grave”
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 23:27:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Matthew 23:27, so the Greek word τάφοις (taphois) 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.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Matt.23.27.W9.S1) and character.