Matthew 24:39:7Matt.24.39.W7TAB
κατακλυσμὸς
kataklysmos
“flood”
- Transliteration
- ka-ta-kly-SMOS
- Extended
- ka-ta-kly-SMOS
- IPA
- /ka.ta.klyˈsmos/
Meaning by language
- English
- flood
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Kappa | k — as in kite | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Kappa | k — as in kite | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ka-ta-kly-SMOS
- phraseyour reading level
KAI ouk EG-no-san HE-ôs ÊL-then ho ka-ta-kly-SMOS KAI Ê-ren HA-pan-tas
- sentence
KAI ouk EG-no-san HE-ôs ÊL-then ho ka-ta-kly-SMOS KAI Ê-ren HA-pan-tas HOO-tôs ES-tai KAI HÊ pa-roo-SI-a TOO hyi-OO TOO an-THRÔ-poo
Exegesis
That moment arrives when ho kataklusmos {ὁ κατακλυσμός | kataklūsmós} ‘the flood’ ēlthen {ἦλθεν | ḗlthen} ‘came’ and then ēren {ἦρεν | ḗren} ‘carried away’ hapantas {ἅπαντας | hápantas} ‘all’ in a forceful transitive action.
Root and etymology
katakappa–alpha–tau–alpha
“to flood, overwhelm”
In context — Matthew 24:39
And they did not know until the flood came and took them all away ; in this way also will be the coming of the Son of Man .
About this coordinate
Matthew 24:39:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Matthew 24:39, so the Greek word κατακλυσμὸς (kataklysmos) 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.24.39.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Matt.24.39.W7.S1) and character.