Matthew 13:24:7Matt.13.24.W7TAB
ἡ
hê
“the”
- Transliteration
- hê
- Extended
- hêh
- IPA
- /hɛː/
Meaning by language
- English
- the
Alphabet Analysis
| Eta | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
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hê
- 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 aorist passive homoiothe {Ὡμοιώθη | hō-moi-ṓ-thē} ‘was likened’ introduces the parabolic comparison, with he basileia ton ouranon {ἡ βασιλεία τῶν οὐρανῶν | hē ba-si-leí-a tôn ou-ra-nôn} ‘the kingdom of heaven’ as the grammatical subject.
Root and etymology
paraballōpi–alpha–rho–alpha–beta–alpha–lambda–lambda–omega
“to throw beside, to compare”
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 13:24:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Matthew 13:24, so the Greek word ἡ (hê) 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.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Matt.13.24.W7.S1) and character.