Matthew 18:7:9Matt.18.7.W9PAT

ἐλθεῖν

elthein

to come

Transliteration
el-THEIN
Extended
ehl-THEIN
IPA
/elˈtʰiːn/

Meaning by language

English
to come
French
venir
Spanish
venir
Portuguese
vir
German
zu kommen
Russian
прийти
Arabic-Simplified
أن يأتي
Hindi
आना
Chinese-Simplified
Korean
오다
Indonesian
datang
Bengali
আসতে
Tagalog
dumating
Swahili
kuja
Amharic
መጣት
Yoruba
Igbo
ịbịa
Twi
ba
Ewe
va

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Result
ἐλ + θεῖν
el + thein
elthein

Alphabet Analysis

Epsilone — as in met (short)
Lambdal — as in law
Thetath — as in thin
Epsilone — as in met (short)
Iotai — as in machine
Nun — as in new

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Word in context

  1. word

    el-THEIN

  2. clause

    a-NANG-kê GAR el-THEIN TA SKAN-da-la PLÊN ou-AI TÔI an-THRÔ-poi di HOU TO SKAN-da-lon ER-khê-tai

  3. sentence

    ou-AI TÔI KOS-môi a-PO TÔN skan-DA-lôn a-NANG-kê GAR el-THEIN TA SKAN-da-la PLÊN ou-AI TÔI an-THRÔ-poi di HOU TO SKAN-da-lon ER-khê-tai

In contextMatthew 18:7

Woe to the world because of the stumbling blocks it is necessary for to come the stumbling blocks but Woe to the man through whom the stumbling block comes

About this coordinate

Matthew 18:7:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Matthew 18:7, so the Greek word ἐλθεῖν (elthein) 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.18.7.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Matt.18.7.W9.S1) and character.