Matthew 23:29:3Matt.23.29.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
oo-AI hy-MIN gram-ma-TEIS KAI pha-ri-SAI-oi hy-po-kri-TAI HO-ti oi-ko-do-MEI-te TOUS TA-phous TÔN pro-phê-TÔN KAI kos-MEI-te TA mnê-MEI-a TÔN di-KAI-ÔN
Exegesis
The following dative pronoun hymin {ὑμῖν | hy-mîn} ‘to you’ specifies the recipients of this woe, while the nominative cluster grammateis kai Pharisaioi hypokritai {γραμματεῖς καὶ Φαρισαῖοι ὑποκριταί | gram-ma-teîs kaì Pha-ri-saî-oi hy-po-kri-taí} functions vocatively as a direct address to the religious leaders, with hypokritai as a sharply evaluative label.
Root and etymology
grammagamma–rho–alpha–mu–mu–alpha
“letter, written document”
In context — Matthew 23:29
Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, because you build the tombs of the prophets and adorn the monuments of the righteous .
About this coordinate
Matthew 23:29:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Matthew 23:29, 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.23.29.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Matt.23.29.W3.S1) and character.