Matthew 6:5:21Matt.6.5.W21PAT
προσεύχεσθαι,
proseukhesthai
“to pray”
- Transliteration
- pro-SEU-khes-thai
- Extended
- proh-SEU-khehs-thai
- IPA
- /pro.seuˈkʰes.tʰai/
Meaning by language
- English
- to pray
- French
- prier
- Spanish
- orar
- Portuguese
- orar
- German
- zu beten
- Russian
- молиться
- Arabic-Simplified
- أن يصلّوا
- Hindi
- प्रार्थना करना
- Chinese-Simplified
- 祷告
- Korean
- 기도하다
- Indonesian
- berdoa
- Bengali
- প্রার্থনা করা
- Tagalog
- manalangin
- Swahili
- kuomba
- Amharic
- መጸለይ
- Yoruba
- gbàdúrà
- Igbo
- kpee ekpere
- Twi
- bɔ mpae
- Ewe
- do gbe
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Chi | h/kh — like Bach | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| 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
pro-SEU-khes-thai
- phraseyour reading level
HO-ti phi-LOU-sin en tais sy-na-gô-GAIS KAI en tais gô-NI-ais tôn pla-tei-ÔN he-STÔ-tes pro-SEU-khes-thai
- clause
HO-ti phi-LOU-sin en tais sy-na-gô-GAIS KAI en tais gô-NI-ais tôn pla-tei-ÔN he-STÔ-tes pro-SEU-khes-thai HO-pôs pha-NÔ-sin tois an-THRÔ-pois
- sentence
KAI HO-tan pro-SEU-khês-the ouk E-se-s-the hôs hoi hy-po-kri-TAI HO-ti phi-LOU-sin en tais sy-na-gô-GAIS KAI en tais gô-NI-ais tôn pla-tei-ÔN he-STÔ-tes pro-SEU-khes-thai HO-pôs pha-NÔ-sin tois an-THRÔ-pois a-MÊN LE-go hy-MIN a-PE-khou-si ton mis-THON au-TÔN
In context — Matthew 6:5
and when you pray not you will be as the hypocrites for {They} love in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets standing to pray so that they may appear to the people truly I say to you they have the reward of them
About this coordinate
Matthew 6:5:21 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 21 of Matthew 6:5, so the Greek word προσεύχεσθαι, (proseukhesthai) 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.6.5.W21, which extends further down to each syllable (Matt.6.5.W21.S1) and character.