Matthew 23:7:8Matt.23.7.W8PAT
καλεῖσθαι
kaleisthai
“to be called”
- Transliteration
- ka-LEIS-thai
- Extended
- kah-LEIS-thai
- IPA
- /ka.ˈleːs.tʰai/
Meaning by language
- English
- to be called
- French
- être appelé
- Spanish
- ser llamado
- Portuguese
- ser chamado
- German
- genannt werden
- Russian
- называться
- Arabic-Simplified
- أن يُدعى
- Hindi
- कहलाना
- Chinese-Simplified
- 被称为
- Korean
- 불리다
- Indonesian
- dipanggil
- Bengali
- ডাকা হওয়া
- Tagalog
- matawag
- Swahili
- kuitwa
- Amharic
- መጠራት
- Yoruba
- láti máa pe
- Igbo
- a kpọọ
- Twi
- frɛ
- Ewe
- woɖe ɖe
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Kappa | k — as in kite | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Theta | th — as in thin | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Iota | i — as in machine |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ka-LEIS-thai
- clause
KAI TOOS as-pas-MOOS en TAIS a-go-RAIS KAI ka-LEIS-thai hy-PO TÔN an-THRÔ-pôn
- sentence
KAI TOOS as-pas-MOOS en TAIS a-go-RAIS KAI ka-LEIS-thai hy-PO TÔN an-THRÔ-pôn rhab-BEE
In context — Matthew 23:7
and the greetings in the marketplaces and to be called by the people Rabbi
About this coordinate
Matthew 23:7:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Matthew 23:7, so the Greek word καλεῖσθαι (kaleisthai) 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.23.7.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Matt.23.7.W8.S1) and character.