Matthew 2:9:8Matt.2.9.W8PAT

ἰδοὺ

idou

behold

Transliteration
i-DOU
Extended
i-DOO
IPA
/i.ˈduː/

Meaning by language

English
behold
French
voici
Spanish
he aquí
Portuguese
eis
German
siehe
Russian
вот
Arabic-Simplified
هوذا
Hindi
देखो
Chinese-Simplified
看哪
Korean
보라
Indonesian
lihatlah
Bengali
দেখো
Tagalog
narito
Swahili
tazama
Amharic
እነሆ
Yoruba
wo
Igbo
lee
Twi
hwɛ
Ewe
kpɔ

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Result
ἰ + δοὺ
i + dou
idou

Alphabet Analysis

Iotai — as in machine
Deltath — as in this
Omicrono — as in omit (short)
Upsiloni — as in machine

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Word in context

  1. word

    i-DOU

  2. phraseyour reading level

    KAI i-DOU HO a-STÊR HON EI-don en TÊI a-na-to-LÊI pro-Ê-gen au-TOUS

  3. sentence

    HOI DE a-KOU-san-tes TOU ba-si-LE-ôs e-po-REU-thê-san KAI i-DOU HO a-STÊR HON EI-don en TÊI a-na-to-LÊI pro-Ê-gen au-TOUS HE-ôs el-THÔN e-STA-thê e-PA-nô HOU ÊN TO pai-DI-on

In contextMatthew 2:9

and those having heard of the king they went and behold the star which they saw in the east was going before them until having come stood over where was the child

About this coordinate

Matthew 2:9:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Matthew 2:9, so the Greek word ἰδοὺ (idou) 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.2.9.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Matt.2.9.W8.S1) and character.