Matthew 23:37:8Matt.23.37.W8TAB
λιθοβολοῦσα
lithobolousa
“stones”
- Transliteration
- li-tho-bo-LOU-sa
- Extended
- li-thoh-bo-LOU-sah
- IPA
- /li.tʰo.bo.ˈluː.sa/
Meaning by language
- English
- stones
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Theta | th — as in thin | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Beta | v — as in victory | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father |
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Word in context
- word
li-tho-bo-LOU-sa
- phraseyour reading level
HÊ a-pok-TEI-noo-sa TOOS pro-PHÊ-tas KAI li-tho-bo-LOU-sa TOOS a-pe-stal-ME-noos PROS au-TÊN po-SA-kis ê-THE-lê-sa e-pi-sy-na-ga-YEIN TA TEK-na SOO
- sentence
i-e-roo-sa-LÊM i-e-roo-sa-LÊM HÊ a-pok-TEI-noo-sa TOOS pro-PHÊ-tas KAI li-tho-bo-LOU-sa TOOS a-pe-stal-ME-noos PROS au-TÊN po-SA-kis ê-THE-lê-sa e-pi-sy-na-ga-YEIN TA TEK-na SOO HON TRO-pon OR-nis e-pi-sy-NA-yei TA nos-SI-a au-TÊS hy-PO TAS PTE-ry-gas KAI ook ê-the-LÊ-sa-te
Exegesis
The participles apokteinousa {ἀποκτείνουσα | a-pok-te-í-nou-sa} ‘killing’ and lithobolousa {λιθοβολοῦσα | li-tho-bo-loû-sa} ‘stoning’ portray the city as active persecutor.
In context — Matthew 23:37
Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the one killing the prophets and stoning those who have been sent to her, how often I wanted to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, and you were not willing.
About this coordinate
Matthew 23:37:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Matthew 23:37, so the Greek word λιθοβολοῦσα (lithobolousa) 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.23.37.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Matt.23.37.W8.S1) and character.