Matthew 12:1:23Matt.12.1.W23PAT
ἐσθίειν.
esthiein
“to eat”
- Transliteration
- es-THI-ein
- Extended
- ehs-THI-ehin
- IPA
- /esˈtʰi.eːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- to eat
- French
- à manger
- Spanish
- a comer
- Portuguese
- a comer
- German
- zu essen
- Russian
- есть
- Arabic-Simplified
- لأكل
- Hindi
- खाने के लिए
- Chinese-Simplified
- 吃
- Korean
- 먹기 위해
- Indonesian
- untuk makan
- Bengali
- খেতে
- Tagalog
- kainin
- Swahili
- kula
- Amharic
- ለመብላት
- Yoruba
- láti jẹ
- Igbo
- iri
- Twi
- didi
- Ewe
- ɖu
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Alphabet Analysis
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Theta | th — as in thin | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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The word
Word in context
- word
es-THI-ein
- clause
hoi de ma-thê-TAI au-TOU e-PEI-na-san kai ÊR-ksan-to TIL-lein STA-khy-as kai es-THI-ein
- sentence
en e-KEI-nō tō kai-RŌ e-po-REU-thê ho ee-ay-SOOS tois SAB-ba-sin di-A tōn spo-RI-mōn hoi de ma-thê-TAI au-TOU e-PEI-na-san kai ÊR-ksan-to TIL-lein STA-khy-as kai es-THI-ein
In context — Matthew 12:1
in that the time went {the} Jesus the Sabbaths through the grainfields the {and} disciples his were hungry and began to pluck heads of grain and to eat
About this coordinate
Matthew 12:1:23 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 23 of Matthew 12:1, so the Greek word ἐσθίειν. (esthiein) 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.12.1.W23, which extends further down to each syllable (Matt.12.1.W23.S1) and character.