Matthew 13:32:7Matt.13.32.W7TAB
σπερμάτων
spermatōn
“seeds”
- Transliteration
- sper-MA-tōn
- Extended
- spehr-MAH-tohn
- IPA
- /sperˈma.tɔːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- seeds
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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 | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Omega | o — same as omicron | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
- word
sper-MA-tōn
- sentence
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.”
Root and etymology
speirōsigma–pi–epsilon–iota–rho–omega
“to sow, scatter seed”
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 13:32:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Matthew 13:32, so the Greek word σπερμάτων (spermatōn) 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.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Matt.13.32.W7.S1) and character.