Matthew 13:4:16Matt.13.4.W16TAB
κατέφαγεν
katephagen
“devoured”
- Transliteration
- ka-TE-pha-gen
- Extended
- kah-TEH-phah-gehn
- IPA
- /kaˈte.pʰa.gen/
Meaning by language
- English
- devoured
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Kappa | k — as in kite | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Phi | ph — as in phone (f) | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Gamma | gh — guttural | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
- word
ka-TE-pha-gen
- sentence
kai en tôi SPEI-rein au-TON HA MEN E-pe-sen pa-RA tên ho-DON kai el-THON-ta ta pe-tei-NA ka-TE-pha-gen au-TA
Exegesis
The participle elthonta {ἐλθόντα | elthónta} ‘having come’ agrees in case, number, and gender with ta peteina {τὰ πετεινὰ | tà peteiná} ‘the birds’ and functions temporally (‘when they came’), leading into the finite verb katephagen {κατέφαγεν | katéphagen} ‘devoured’. The aorist forms epesen and katephagen present the falling and devouring as complete, almost instantaneous events, giving the narrative a swift movement from sowing to loss. In translation, the temporal nuance of the articular infinitive is conveyed with “as he was sowing / scattered the seed,” while the participial sequence is rendered with a coordinated clause, “the birds came and devoured / gobbled it up,” to reflect the Greek order and emphasis.
In context — Matthew 13:4
And as he was sowing, some indeed fell along the path, and the birds came and devoured them.
About this coordinate
Matthew 13:4:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of Matthew 13:4, so the Greek word κατέφαγεν (katephagen) 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.13.4.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (Matt.13.4.W16.S1) and character.