Matthew 13:23:25Matt.13.23.W25TAB
δὲ
de
“but”
- Transliteration
- de
- Extended
- deh
- IPA
- /de/
Meaning by language
- English
- but
Alphabet Analysis
| Delta | th — as in this | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) |
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Word in context
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de
- sentence
ho de e-PI tên ka-LÊN gên spa-REIS hou-TOS es-tin ho ton LO-gon a-KOU-ōn KAI sy-ni-ÊIS hos dê kar-po-pho-REI KAI poi-EI ho men he-ka-TON ho de he-ksÊ-kon-ta ho de tri-A-kon-ta
Exegesis
The verse opens with the article ho followed by the postpositive conjunction de {δὲ | dè}, linking this explanation to the earlier soils while introducing a contrast.
ho de {ὃ μὲν ... ὃ δὲ ... ὃ δὲ | ho mèn ... ho dè ... ho dè} introduces varying degrees of yield—hekaton, hexekonta, triakonta—which in Greek stand as bare numerals but clearly imply differing measures of abundant productivity. In translation, the participial phrases are rendered as relative and descriptive clauses to improve clarity, and the distributive construction is expressed with idiomatic English (“in one case... in another...” and “sometimes... sometimes...”) while preserving the sense of diverse yet substantial fruitfulness.
Root and etymology
oikosomicron–iota–kappa–omicron–sigma
“master of a household”
In context — Matthew 13:23
But the one who was sown upon the good ground—this is the person who hears the word and understands it, who indeed bears fruit and produces: in one case a hundred, in another sixty, and in another thirty.
About this coordinate
Matthew 13:23:25 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 25 of Matthew 13:23, so the Greek word δὲ (de) 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.13.23.W25, which extends further down to each syllable (Matt.13.23.W25.S1) and character.