Matthew 13:24:12Matt.13.24.W12TAB
σπείραντι
speiranti
“having sown”
- Transliteration
- SPEI-ran-ti
- Extended
- SPEI-rahn-tih
- IPA
- /ˈspeː.ran.ti/
Meaning by language
- English
- having sown
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Iota | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
- word
SPEI-ran-ti
- sentence
AL-lên pa-ra-bo-LÊN pa-RE-thê-ken au-TOIS LE-gōn hō-mi-Ō-thê hê ba-si-LEI-a tôn ou-ra-NÔN an-THRŌ-pō SPEI-ran-ti ka-LON SPER-ma en tôi a-GRÔI au-TOU
Exegesis
The dative anthropo speiranti {ἀνθρώπῳ σπείραντι | an-thrṓ-pō speí-ran-ti} forms a dative of comparison or reference, characterizing the man by his action of sowing, with the aorist participle speiranti indicating the specific act that defines him in the story.
In context — Matthew 13:24
He set another parable before them, saying, “The kingdom of heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field .”
About this coordinate
Matthew 13:24:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Matthew 13:24, so the Greek word σπείραντι (speiranti) 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.13.24.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Matt.13.24.W12.S1) and character.