Matthew 13:27:1Matt.13.27.W1TAB
προσελθόντες
proselthontes
“having come up”
- Transliteration
- pro-sel-THON-tes
- Extended
- proh-sehl-THON-tehs
- IPA
- /pro.selˈtʰon.tes/
Meaning by language
- English
- having come up
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Theta | th — as in thin | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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The word
Word in context
- word
pro-sel-THON-tes
- sentence
pro-sel-THON-tes de hoi DOU-loi tou oi-ko-des-PO-tou EI-pon au-TOI KY-ree-e ou-KHI ka-LON SPER-ma ES-pei-ras en tôi sôi a-GRÔI PO-then OUN E-khei dzi-dza-NI-a
Exegesis
The verse opens with the circumstantial participle proselthontes {προσελθόντες | proselthóntes} ‘having come’, which sets the prior action of approach and is linked to the main verb eipan {εἶπον | eîpon} ‘they said’.
In context — Matthew 13:27
And the servants of the master of the house came and said to him, “Master , did you not sow good seed in your field? From where then does it have weeds ?”
About this coordinate
Matthew 13:27:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Matthew 13:27, so the Greek word προσελθόντες (proselthontes) 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.13.27.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Matt.13.27.W1.S1) and character.