Matthew 2:2:6Matt.2.2.W6PAT

βασιλεὺς

basileus

king

Transliteration
ba-si-LEUS
Extended
bah-sih-LEUS
IPA
/ba.siˈleus/

Meaning by language

English
king
French
roi
Spanish
rey
Portuguese
rei
German
König
Russian
царь
Arabic-Simplified
ملك
Hindi
राजा
Chinese-Simplified
Korean
Indonesian
raja
Bengali
রাজা
Tagalog
hari
Swahili
mfalme
Amharic
ንጉሥ
Yoruba
ọba
Igbo
eze
Twi
hene
Ewe
fia

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Result
βα + σι + λεὺς
ba + si + leus
basileus

Alphabet Analysis

Betav — as in victory
Alphaah — as in father
Sigmas — as in sit
Iotai — as in machine
Lambdal — as in law
Epsilone — as in met (short)
Upsiloni — as in machine
Sigma (final)s — used only at end of words

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Word in context

  1. word

    ba-si-LEUS

  2. clause

    POU ES-TIN ho tekh-THEIS ba-si-LEUS TÔN i-ou-DAI-on

  3. sentence

    LE-gon-tes POU ES-TIN ho tekh-THEIS ba-si-LEUS TÔN i-ou-DAI-on

In contextMatthew 2:2

saying Where is the having been born king of the Jews for we saw his the star in the east and we came to worship him

About this coordinate

Matthew 2:2:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Matthew 2:2, so the Greek word βασιλεὺς (basileus) 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.2.2.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Matt.2.2.W6.S1) and character.