Matthew 13:33:13Matt.13.33.W13TAB
λαβοῦσα
labousa
“having taken”
- Transliteration
- la-BOU-sa
- Extended
- lah-BOO-sah
- IPA
- /laˈbuː.sa/
Meaning by language
- English
- having taken
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Beta | v — as in victory | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father |
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The word
Word in context
- word
la-BOU-sa
- sentence
AL-lên pa-ra-bo-LÊN e-LA-lê-sen au-TOIS ho-MOI-a e-STIN hê ba-si-LEI-a tôn ou-ra-NÔN DY-MÊI hên la-BOU-sa gy-NÊ e-NE-kry-psen eis a-LEU-rou SA-ta TRI-a HE-ōs hou e-dzy-MÔ-thê HO-lon
Exegesis
The relative clause hēn labousa gynē enekrypsen {ἣν λαβοῦσα γυνὴ ἐνέκρυψεν | hḗn la-boû-sa gy-nḗ e-né-kryp-sen} ‘which a woman, having taken, hid’ employs an aorist participle for prior action linked to the main aorist verb.
In context — Matthew 13:33
He spoke another parable to them: “The kingdom of the heavens is like leaven that a woman, having taken, hid in three measures of flour until the whole was leavened.”
About this coordinate
Matthew 13:33:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of Matthew 13:33, so the Greek word λαβοῦσα (labousa) 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.13.33.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (Matt.13.33.W13.S1) and character.