Matthew 5:3:10Matt.5.3.W10TAB
βασιλεία
basileia
“kingdom”
- Transliteration
- ba-si-LEI-a
- Extended
- ba-si-LEI-a
- IPA
- /ba.siˈliː.a/
Meaning by language
- English
- kingdom
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Beta | v — as in victory | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father |
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Word in context
- word
ba-si-LEI-a
- phraseyour reading level
HO-ti au-TÔN es-tin HÊ ba-si-LEI-a TÔN ou-ra-NÔN
- sentence
ma-KA-ri-oi HOI ptô-KHOI TÔI PNEU-ma-ti HO-ti au-TÔN es-tin HÊ ba-si-LEI-a TÔN ou-ra-NÔN
Exegesis
The subject phrase hē basileia tōn ouranōn {ἡ βασιλεία τῶν οὐρανῶν | hē ba-si-leía tôn ou-ra-nôn} is anarthrous only with the head noun’s article; the genitive tōn ouranōn modifies basileia as a descriptive or source genitive, “the kingdom of the heavens,” a reverent circumlocution for the realm and rule of God. In translation, the beatitude structure is preserved (“Blessed/Happy are… for/because…”), the dative of sphere is rendered with “in spirit,” and the present “is” is kept to retain the theological nuance of an already-present kingdom reality.
Root and etymology
basileusbeta alpha sigma iota lambda epsilon upsilon sigma
“king, ruler”
In context — Matthew 5:3
Blessed are the poor in spirit, because theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
About this coordinate
Matthew 5:3:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Matthew 5:3, so the Greek word βασιλεία (basileia) 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.5.3.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Matt.5.3.W10.S1) and character.