Matthew 13:32:8Matt.13.32.W8TAB
ὅταν
hotan
“when”
- Transliteration
- HO-tan
- Extended
- HOH-tahn
- IPA
- /ˈho.tan/
Meaning by language
- English
- when
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Alphabet Analysis
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
- word
HO-tan
- 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 particle men {μέν | mén} introduces the first half of a contrast that will be balanced by de {δὲ | de} after hotan {ὅταν | hó-tan}, creating a “on the one hand … but on the other” structure.
The temporal clause hotan de auxethe {ὅταν δὲ αὐξηθῇ | hó-tan de auxē-thê} uses hotan with the aorist passive subjunctive to depict a future, decisive change “when it has grown.”
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 13:32:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Matthew 13:32, so the Greek word ὅταν (hotan) 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.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Matt.13.32.W8.S1) and character.