Matthew 28:4:8Matt.28.4.W8PAT
τηροῦντες
têroontes
“guards”
- Transliteration
- tê-ROON-tes
- Extended
- tê-ROON-tehs
- IPA
- /tɛːˈruːn.tes/
Meaning by language
- English
- guards
- French
- gardes
- Spanish
- guardias
- Portuguese
- guardas
- German
- Wachen
- Russian
- стражи
- Arabic-Simplified
- الحراس
- Hindi
- पहरेदार
- Chinese-Simplified
- 守卫
- Korean
- 경비병들
- Indonesian
- penjaga
- Bengali
- প্রহরীরা
- Tagalog
- bantay
- Swahili
- walinzi
- Amharic
- ጠባቂዎች
- Yoruba
- olùṣọ́
- Igbo
- nche
- Twi
- awɛmfo
- Ewe
- awɔlɔ̃wo
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Result
τη + ροῦν + τες
↓
tê + roon + tes
↓
têroontes
Alphabet Analysis
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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Diphthongs
Accents & breathings
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The word
Word in context
- word
tê-ROON-tes
- sentence
a-PO DE TOO PHO-boo au-TOO e-SEIS-thê-san hoi tê-ROON-tes KAI e-ge-NÊ-thê-san hôs ne-KROI
In context — Matthew 28:4
from and the fear of him were shaken the guards and they became as dead men
About this coordinate
Matthew 28:4:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Matthew 28:4, so the Greek word τηροῦντες (têroontes) 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.28.4.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Matt.28.4.W8.S1) and character.