Matthew 28:13:5Matt.28.13.W5TAB
μαθηταὶ
mathêtai
“disciples”
- Transliteration
- ma-thê-TAI
- Extended
- ma-thê-TAI
- IPA
- /ma.tʰeːˈtai/
Meaning by language
- English
- disciples
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Theta | th — as in thin | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Iota | i — as in machine |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ma-thê-TAI
- clause
EI-pa-te HO-ti oi ma-thê-TAI au-TOU nyk-TOS el-THON-tes EK-lep-san au-TON hê-MON koi-mô-ME-nôn
- sentence
LE-gon-tes EI-pa-te HO-ti oi ma-thê-TAI au-TOU nyk-TOS el-THON-tes EK-lep-san au-TON hê-MON koi-mô-ME-nôn
Exegesis
legontes {λέγοντες | lé-gon-tes} ‘introduces reported speech as a nominative participle’, eipate {Εἴπατε | Éi-pa-te} ‘imperative verb initiating the command’, hoti {ὅτι | hó-ti} ‘marks the content clause’, hoi {οἱ | hoî} + mathetai {μαθηταὶ | math-ē-taì} ‘subject with autou {αὐτοῦ | au-toû} indicating possession’, nyktos {νυκτὸς | nyk-tòs} + elthontes {ἐλθόντες | el-thón-tes} ‘temporal circumstantial phrase specifying night’, eklepsan {ἔκλεψαν | ek-lép-san} ‘main verb indicating the alleged theft’, auton {αὐτὸν | au-tón} ‘direct object’, hēmon {ἡμῶν | hē-mōn} + koimōmenōn {κοιμωμένων | koi-mō-mé-nōn} ‘genitive absolute denoting the state of being asleep’. The participial and imperative structure in Greek conveys a forceful command to propagate a false report, which in English is rendered through direct speech combined with descriptive clauses that preserve the original sequence and nuance.
Root and etymology
mathánōm-a-tha-i-n-ō
“to learn, to be a disciple”
In context — Matthew 28:13
Saying, “Say that His disciples came by night and stole Him while we were sleeping.”
About this coordinate
Matthew 28:13:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Matthew 28:13, so the Greek word μαθηταὶ (mathêtai) 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.28.13.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Matt.28.13.W5.S1) and character.