Matthew 9:16:19Matt.9.16.W19PAT
χεῖρον
kheiron
“worse”
- Transliteration
- KHEI-ron
- Extended
- KHEI-rohn
- IPA
- /ˈkʰiː.ron/
Meaning by language
- English
- worse
- French
- pire
- Spanish
- peor
- Portuguese
- pior
- German
- schlimmer
- Russian
- хуже
- Arabic-Simplified
- أسوأ
- Hindi
- बुरा
- Chinese-Simplified
- 更坏
- Korean
- 더 나쁜
- Indonesian
- lebih buruk
- Bengali
- আরও খারাপ
- Tagalog
- mas masama
- Swahili
- mbaya zaidi
- Amharic
- የባሰ
- Yoruba
- burú
- Igbo
- ka njọ
- Twi
- ka koraa
- Ewe
- wu
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Chi | h/kh — like Bach | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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The word
Word in context
- word
KHEI-ron
- phraseyour reading level
KAI KHEI-ron SKHIS-ma GI-ne-tai
- clause
AI-rei GAR TO PLÊ-rō-ma au-TOU a-PO TOU hi-ma-TI-ou KAI KHEI-ron SKHIS-ma GI-ne-tai
- sentence
ou-DEIS DE e-pi-BAL-lei e-PI-BLÊ-ma RHA-kous ag-NA-phou e-PI hi-ma-TI-ō pa-lai-Ōi AI-rei GAR TO PLÊ-rō-ma au-TOU a-PO TOU hi-ma-TI-ou KAI KHEI-ron SKHIS-ma GI-ne-tai
In context — Matthew 9:16
no one but puts on a patch cloth unshrunk on a garment old tears away for the patch its from the garment and worse tear becomes
About this coordinate
Matthew 9:16:19 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 19 of Matthew 9:16, so the Greek word χεῖρον (kheiron) 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.9.16.W19, which extends further down to each syllable (Matt.9.16.W19.S1) and character.