Matthew 10:16:15Matt.10.16.W15PAT

ὄφεις

opheis

serpents

Transliteration
O-pheis
Extended
O-pheis
IPA
/ˈo.pʰeis/

Meaning by language

English
serpents
French
serpents
Spanish
serpientes
Portuguese
serpentes
German
Schlangen
Russian
змеи
Arabic-Simplified
الحيات
Hindi
साँप
Chinese-Simplified
Korean
뱀들
Indonesian
ular
Bengali
সাপ
Tagalog
ahas
Swahili
nyoka
Amharic
እባቦች
Yoruba
ejò
Igbo
agwọ
Twi
wɔwɔ
Ewe

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Result
ὄ + φεις
o + pheis
opheis

Alphabet Analysis

Omicrono — as in omit (short)
Phiph — as in phone (f)
Epsilone — as in met (short)
Iotai — as in machine
Sigma (final)s — used only at end of words

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Word in context

  1. word

    O-pheis

  2. clause

    GI-ne-sthe oun PHRO-ni-moi hōs hoi O-pheis kai a-KE-rai-oi hōs hai pe-ri-ste-RAI

  3. sentence

    i-DOO e-GŌ a-po-STEL-lo hy-MAS hōs PRO-ba-ta en ME-sō LY-kōn GI-ne-sthe oun PHRO-ni-moi hōs hoi O-pheis kai a-KE-rai-oi hōs hai pe-ri-ste-RAI

In contextMatthew 10:16

Behold I send you as sheep in midst of wolves be therefore wise as the serpents and innocent as the doves

About this coordinate

Matthew 10:16:15 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 15 of Matthew 10:16, so the Greek word ὄφεις (opheis) 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.10.16.W15, which extends further down to each syllable (Matt.10.16.W15.S1) and character.