Matthew 12:5:11Matt.12.5.W11PAT
ἱερεῖς
hiereis
“priests”
- Transliteration
- hi-e-REIS
- Extended
- hi-eh-REIS
- IPA
- /hi.eˈreːs/
Meaning by language
- English
- priests
- French
- prêtres
- Spanish
- sacerdotes
- Portuguese
- sacerdotes
- German
- Priester
- Russian
- священники
- Arabic-Simplified
- الكهنة
- Hindi
- याजक
- Chinese-Simplified
- 祭司
- Korean
- 제사장들
- Indonesian
- imam
- Bengali
- যাজকেরা
- Tagalog
- mga pari
- Swahili
- makuhani
- Amharic
- ካህናት
- Yoruba
- àwọn alufaa
- Igbo
- ndị nchụàjà
- Twi
- asɔfo
- Ewe
- nunɔla
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Alphabet Analysis
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| 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
hi-e-REIS
- sentence
Ê ouk a-NEG-no-te en TÔ NO-mô HO-ti TOIS SAB-ba-sin HOI hi-e-REIS en TÔ hi-e-RÔ TO SAB-ba-ton be-bê-LOU-sin KAI a-NAI-ti-OI EI-sin
In context — Matthew 12:5
Or not have you read in the Law how on the Sabbaths the priests in the temple the Sabbath {they} profane and guiltless are
About this coordinate
Matthew 12:5:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Matthew 12:5, so the Greek word ἱερεῖς (hiereis) 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.12.5.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Matt.12.5.W11.S1) and character.