Matthew 13:30:1Matt.13.30.W1TAB
ἄφετε
aphete
“Allow”
- Transliteration
- A-phe-te
- Extended
- AH-pheh-teh
- IPA
- /ˈa.pʰe.te/
Meaning by language
- English
- Allow
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Alphabet Analysis
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Phi | ph — as in phone (f) | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) |
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Word in context
- word
A-phe-te
- sentence
A-phe-te sy-nau-KSA-ne-sthai am-PHO-te-ra ME-khri tou the-ri-SMOU KAI en kai-RO tou the-ri-SMOU e-RO tois the-ri-STAIS syl-LEK-sa-te PRO-ton ta dzi-DZA-ni-a KAI DE-sate au-TA eis DES-mas pros to ka-ta-KAU-sai au-TA ton de SI-ton sy-na-GA-ge-te eis tên a-po-THEE-kên mou
Exegesis
The verse begins with the second person plural imperative aphete {ἄφετε | á-phe-te} ‘allow, permit’, which governs the complementary infinitive synauxanesthai {συναυξάνεσθαι | sy-naux-á-ne-sthai} ‘to grow together’. This pairing issues a command not to separate prematurely.
In context — Matthew 13:30
Allow both to grow together until the harvest , and at the time of the harvest I will say to the reapers , “Gather the weeds first and bind them into bundles to burn them, but gather the wheat into my barn.”
About this coordinate
Matthew 13:30:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Matthew 13:30, so the Greek word ἄφετε (aphete) 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.13.30.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Matt.13.30.W1.S1) and character.