Matthew 13:20:12Matt.13.20.W12TAB

ἀκούων

akouōn

hearing

Transliteration
a-KOU-ōn
Extended
ah-KOH-ooohn
IPA
/aˈku.ɔːn/

Meaning by language

English
hearing

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Result
ἀ + κο + ύων
a + kou + ōn
akouōn

Alphabet Analysis

Alphaah — as in father
Kappak — as in kite
Omicrono — as in omit (short)
Upsiloni — as in machine
Omegao — same as omicron
Nun — as in new

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Word in context

  1. word

    a-KOU-ōn

  2. sentence

    ho de e-PI ta pe-TRO-dê spa-REIS hou-TOS ES-tin ho ton LO-gon a-KOU-ōn KAI eu-THYS me-TA kha-RAS lam-BA-nōn au-TON

Exegesis

The demonstrative houtos {οὗτός | hoútos} ‘this one’ is then equated by the copula estin {ἐστιν | estín} with a more explicit description introduced by the article ho {ὁ | ho}, which turns the following participial construction into a characterizing clause: ho ton logon akouon {ὁ τὸν λόγον ἀκούων | ho tón lógon akoúōn} “the one who is hearing the word.”

Root and etymology

akouoalpha–kappa–omicron–upsilon–omega

to hear, listen

In contextMatthew 13:20

But the one who was sown on the rocky places, this is the one who hears the word and immediately receives it with joy .

About this coordinate

Matthew 13:20:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Matthew 13:20, so the Greek word ἀκούων (akouōn) 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.13.20.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Matt.13.20.W12.S1) and character.