Matthew 5:28:12Matt.5.28.W12PAT
ἐπιθυμῆσαι
epithymêsai
“desire”
- Transliteration
- e-pi-thy-MÊ-sai
- Extended
- eh-pi-thy-MÊ-sai
- IPA
- /e.pi.tʰyˈmɛː.sai/
Meaning by language
- English
- desire
- French
- désirer
- Spanish
- desear
- Portuguese
- desejar
- German
- begehren
- Russian
- пожелать
- Arabic-Simplified
- يشتهي
- Hindi
- लालसा करना
- Chinese-Simplified
- 觊觎
- Korean
- 탐하다
- Indonesian
- mengingini
- Bengali
- কামনা করা
- Tagalog
- magnasa
- Swahili
- kutamani
- Amharic
- መመኘት
- Yoruba
- fẹ́
- Igbo
- chọọ
- Twi
- pɛ
- Ewe
- lɔ̃
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Theta | th — as in thin | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Iota | i — as in machine |
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The word
Word in context
- word
e-pi-thy-MÊ-sai
- sentence
e-GO DE LE-go hy-MEEN HO-ti PAS HO BLE-pôn gy-NAI-ka PROS TO e-pi-thy-MÊ-sai au-TÊN Ê-DÊ e-MOI-kheu-SEN au-TÊN EN TÊI kar-DI-ai au-TOU
In context — Matthew 5:28
I but {I} say to you that everyone who looks at a woman with intent to desire her already has committed adultery with her in the heart of him
About this coordinate
Matthew 5:28:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Matthew 5:28, so the Greek word ἐπιθυμῆσαι (epithymêsai) 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.5.28.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Matt.5.28.W12.S1) and character.