Matthew 19:8:16Matt.19.8.W16PAT
ἀρχῆς
arkhês
“beginning”
- Transliteration
- ar-KHÊS
- Extended
- ar-KHÊS
- IPA
- /ar.ˈkʰɛːs/
Meaning by language
- English
- beginning
- French
- commencement
- Spanish
- principio
- Portuguese
- começo
- German
- Anfang
- Russian
- начала
- Arabic-Simplified
- البداية
- Hindi
- शुरुआत
- Chinese-Simplified
- 起初
- Korean
- 처음
- Indonesian
- awal
- Bengali
- শুরু
- Tagalog
- pasimula
- Swahili
- mwanzo
- Amharic
- መጀመሪያ
- Yoruba
- ibẹrẹ
- Igbo
- mmalite
- Twi
- mfitiaseɛ
- Ewe
- gome
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Alphabet Analysis
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Chi | h/kh — like Bach | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ar-KHÊS
- phraseyour reading level
ap ar-KHÊS DE ou GE-go-nen HOU-tôs
- sentence
LE-gei au-TOIS HO-ti mô-y-SÊS PROS TÊN sklê-ro-kar-DI-an hy-MÔN e-PE-trep-sen hy-MEEN a-po-LY-sai TAS gy-NAI-kas hy-MÔN ap ar-KHÊS DE ou GE-go-nen HOU-tôs
In context — Matthew 19:8
he says to them that Moses because of the hardness of heart your {He} allowed to you to divorce the wives your from beginning but not it has become so
About this coordinate
Matthew 19:8:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of Matthew 19:8, so the Greek word ἀρχῆς (arkhês) 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.19.8.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (Matt.19.8.W16.S1) and character.