Matthew 24:49:7Matt.24.49.W7TAB
ἐσθίῃ
esthiê
“he eats”
- Transliteration
- es-THI-ê
- Extended
- ehs-THI-ê
- IPA
- /es.ˈtʰi.eː/
Meaning by language
- English
- he eats
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Alphabet Analysis
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Theta | th — as in thin | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Eta | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
- word
es-THI-ê
- phraseyour reading level
es-THI-ê DE KAI PI-nê me-TA TÔN me-thy-ON-tôn
- sentence
KAI AR-ksê-tai TYP-tein TOUS syn-DOU-lous au-TOU es-THI-ê DE KAI PI-nê me-TA TÔN me-thy-ON-tôn
Exegesis
The subjunctives esthíē {ἐσθίῃ | es-thḗ-ē} ‘eat’ and pínē {πίνῃ | pín-ē} ‘drink’ are linked by the particle de {δὲ | dè} ‘but’ and another kai {καὶ | kaí} ‘and’, underscoring continued self-indulgence.
In context — Matthew 24:49
And he begins to beat his fellow servants and to eat and drink with the drunkards .
About this coordinate
Matthew 24:49:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Matthew 24:49, so the Greek word ἐσθίῃ (esthiê) 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.24.49.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Matt.24.49.W7.S1) and character.