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
- 王
- Korean
- 왕
- Indonesian
- raja
- Bengali
- রাজা
- Tagalog
- hari
- Swahili
- mfalme
- Amharic
- ንጉሥ
- Yoruba
- ọba
- Igbo
- eze
- Twi
- hene
- Ewe
- fia
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Beta | v — as in victory | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ba-si-LEUS
- clause
POU ES-TIN ho tekh-THEIS ba-si-LEUS TÔN i-ou-DAI-on
- sentence
LE-gon-tes POU ES-TIN ho tekh-THEIS ba-si-LEUS TÔN i-ou-DAI-on
In context — Matthew 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.