Matthew 13:32:6Matt.13.32.W6TAB
τῶν
tōn
“the”
- Transliteration
- tōn
- Extended
- tohn
- IPA
- /tɔːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- the
Alphabet Analysis
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Omega | o — same as omicron | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
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tōn
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ho mi-KRO-te-ron MEN ES-tin PAN-tōn tōn sper-MA-tōn HO-tan de au-ksē-THÊ MEI-dzon tōn la-KHA-nōn ES-tin KAI GI-ne-tai DEN-dron HŌ-ste el-THEIN ta pe-tei-NA tou ou-ra-NOU KAI ka-ta-skê-NOUN en tois KLA-dois au-TOU
Exegesis
The genitive phrase panton ton spermaton {πάντων τῶν σπερμάτων | pán-ton tôn sper-má-tōn} is a partitive genitive intensifying the comparison: “of all the seeds.”
The apodosis resumes with meizon ton lachanon estin {μεῖζον τῶν λαχάνων ἐστὶν | meî-zon tôn la-chá-nōn e-stìn}, another comparative construction, now against the wider class of lachanon “garden plants,” followed by kai ginetai dendron {καὶ γίνεται δένδρον | kai gí-ne-tai dén-dron}, where the intransitive middle ginetai marks a change of state: it “comes to be” a tree.
In context — Matthew 13:32
It is indeed the smallest of all the seeds , but when it has grown it is greater than the garden plants and becomes a tree, so that the birds of heaven come and nest in its branches .
About this coordinate
Matthew 13:32:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Matthew 13:32, so the Greek word τῶν (tōn) 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.13.32.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Matt.13.32.W6.S1) and character.