Matthew 2:3:4Matt.2.3.W4PAT
βασιλεὺς
basileus
“king”
- Transliteration
- ba-si-LEUS
- Extended
- ba-si-LEUS
- IPA
- /ba.si.ˈleus/
Meaning by language
- English
- king
- French
- roi
- Spanish
- rey
- Portuguese
- rei
- German
- König
- Russian
- царь
- Arabic-Simplified
- ملك
- Hindi
- राजा
- Chinese-Simplified
- 国王
- Korean
- 왕
- Indonesian
- raja
- Bengali
- রাজা
- Tagalog
- hari
- Swahili
- mfalme
- Amharic
- ንጉሥ
- Yoruba
- ọba
- Igbo
- eze
- Twi
- ɔhene
- Ewe
- fia
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Result
βα + σι + λεὺς
↓
ba + si + leus
↓
basileus
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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Diphthongs
Accents & breathings
Now you try — trace the word:
The word
Word in context
- word
ba-si-LEUS
- sentence
a-KOO-sas DE ho ba-si-LEUS hê-RO-dês e-ta-RAKH-thê KAI PA-sa hi-e-ro-SO-ly-ma met au-TOU
In context — Matthew 2:3
and the king Herod having heard was troubled and all Jerusalem with him
About this coordinate
Matthew 2:3:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Matthew 2:3, 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.2.3.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Matt.2.3.W4.S1) and character.