Matthew 13:27:12Matt.13.27.W12TAB
σπέρμα
sperma
“seed”
- Transliteration
- SPER-ma
- Extended
- SPEHR-mah
- IPA
- /ˈsper.ma/
Meaning by language
- English
- seed
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Alphabet Analysis
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father |
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The word
Word in context
- word
SPER-ma
- 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 phrase kalon sperma {καλὸν σπέρμα | kalón spérma} ‘good seed’ stands in sharp contrast to the final object zizania {ζιζάνια | zizánia} ‘weeds, darnel’.
Root and etymology
speirōsigma–pi–epsilon–iota–rho–omega
“to sow, scatter seed”
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 13:27:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Matthew 13:27, so the Greek word σπέρμα (sperma) 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.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Matt.13.27.W12.S1) and character.