Matthew 3:4:23Matt.3.4.W23TAB
αὐτοῦ⸃
autoo
“his”
- Transliteration
- au-TOO
- Extended
- au-TOO
- IPA
- /au.ˈtuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- his
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Alphabet Analysis
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
- word
au-TOO
- phraseyour reading level
HÊ DE tro-PHÊ ÊN au-TOO a-KRI-des KAI ME-li A-gri-on
- sentence
au-TOS DE HO i-ô-AN-nês EI-khen TO EN-dy-ma au-TOO a-PO tri-KHÔN ka-MÊ-loo KAI ZÔ-nên der-ma-TI-nên pe-RI TÊN os-PHYN au-TOO HÊ DE tro-PHÊ ÊN au-TOO a-KRI-des KAI ME-li A-gri-on
Exegesis
The direct object phrase to endyma autou apo trichōn kamēlou {τὸ ἔνδυμα αὐτοῦ ἀπὸ τριχῶν καμήλου | tò éndyma autoû apó trikhôn kamḗlou} is ordered article–noun–pronoun–prepositional phrase, with apo plus the genitive specifying material (“made from hairs of camel”).
The coordinated accusatives zōnēn dermatīnēn {ζώνην δερματίνην | zṓnēn dermatínēn} stand with peri tēn osphyn autou {περὶ τὴν ὀσφὺν αὐτοῦ | perí tḕn osphýn autoû}, where peri plus the accusative expresses spatial relation “around the waist.”
In context — Matthew 3:4
But this John had his garment made from camel’s hair and a leather belt around his waist, and his food was locusts and wild honey.
About this coordinate
Matthew 3:4:23 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 23 of Matthew 3:4, so the Greek word αὐτοῦ⸃ (autoo) 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.3.4.W23, which extends further down to each syllable (Matt.3.4.W23.S1) and character.