Luke 20:1:21Luke.20.1.W21PAT
γραμματεῖς
grammateis
“scribes”
- Transliteration
- gram-ma-TEIS
- Extended
- grahm-mah-TAIS
- IPA
- /gram.maˈteis/
Meaning by language
- English
- scribes
- French
- scribes
- Spanish
- escribas
- Portuguese
- escribas
- German
- Schriftgelehrte
- Russian
- книжники
- Arabic-Simplified
- الكتبة
- Hindi
- शास्त्री
- Chinese-Simplified
- 文士们
- Korean
- 서기관들
- Indonesian
- ahli-ahli tulis
- Bengali
- শাস্ত্রীরা
- Tagalog
- mga eskriba
- Swahili
- waandishi
- Amharic
- ጻፎች
- Yoruba
- akọ̀wé
- Igbo
- ndetu
- Twi
- atwerɛfo
- Ewe
- ŋlɔlaŋ
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Gamma | gh — guttural | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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The word
Word in context
- word
gram-ma-TEIS
- sentence
kai e-GE-ne-to en mi-AI tôn hê-me-RÔN di-DA-skon-tos au-TOU ton la-ON en tôi hi-e-RÔI kai eu-an-ge-li-dzo-ME-nou e-PE-stê-san hoi ar-khi-e-REIS kai hoi gram-ma-TEIS syn tois pres-by-TE-rois
In context — Luke 20:1
and it happened in one of {the} days teaching of him {the} people in {the} temple and preaching good news {they} came up {the} chief priests and {the} scribes with {the} elders
About this coordinate
Luke 20:1:21 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 21 of Luke 20:1, so the Greek word γραμματεῖς (grammateis) 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 Luke.20.1.W21, which extends further down to each syllable (Luke.20.1.W21.S1) and character.