Matthew 23:4:9Matt.23.4.W9TAB

ὤμους

ômoos

shoulders

Transliteration
Ô-moos
Extended
Ô-moos
IPA
/ˈɔː.muːs/

Meaning by language

English
shoulders

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Result
ὤ + μους
ô + moos
ômoos

Alphabet Analysis

Omegao — same as omicron
Mum — as in mother
Omicrono — as in omit (short)
Upsiloni — as in machine
Sigma (final)s — used only at end of words

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Word in context

  1. word

    Ô-moos

  2. phraseyour reading level

    des-MEU-oo-sin DE phor-TI-a ba-RE-a KAI e-pi-ti-THÊ-a-sin e-PI TOOS Ô-moos TÔN an-THRÔ-pôn

  3. sentence

    des-MEU-oo-sin DE phor-TI-a ba-RE-a KAI e-pi-ti-THÊ-a-sin e-PI TOOS Ô-moos TÔN an-THRÔ-pôn au-TOI DE TÔ dak-TY-lô au-TÔN OO THE-loo-sin ki-NÊ-sai au-TA

Exegesis

The prepositional phrase epi tous omous tōn anthrōpōn {ἐπὶ τοὺς ὤμους τῶν ἀνθρώπων | epì toùs ō̂mous tȏn anthrṓpōn} ‘upon the shoulders of the people’ identifies the recipients.

In contextMatthew 23:4

For they bind heavy burdens , difficult to carry, and place them on the shoulders of men, but they themselves are not willing to lift them, even with their finger .

About this coordinate

Matthew 23:4:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Matthew 23:4, so the Greek word ὤμους (ômoos) 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.23.4.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Matt.23.4.W9.S1) and character.