Matthew 13:4:2Matt.13.4.W2TAB

ἐν

en

in

Transliteration
en
Extended
ehn
IPA
/en/

Meaning by language

English
in

Alphabet Analysis

Epsilone — as in met (short)
Nun — as in new

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Word in context

  1. word

    en

  2. 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 verse opens with the prepositional phrase en tō speirein auton {ἐν τῷ σπείρειν αὐτὸν | en tôi speírein autón} ‘as he was sowing’, where en governs an articular infinitive to express a temporal circumstance, backgrounding the action of sowing.

Root and etymology

sylllegōsigma–upsilon–lambda–lambda–epsilon–gamma–omega

to gather together, collect

In contextMatthew 13:4

And as he was sowing, some indeed fell along the path, and the birds came and devoured them.

About this coordinate

Matthew 13:4:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Matthew 13:4, so the Greek word ἐν (en) 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.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Matt.13.4.W2.S1) and character.