Matthew 13:4:9Matt.13.4.W9TAB
παρὰ
para
“beside”
- Transliteration
- pa-RA
- Extended
- pah-RAH
- IPA
- /paˈra/
Meaning by language
- English
- beside
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Alphabet Analysis
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father |
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Word in context
- word
pa-RA
- 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 main aorist verb epesen {ἔπεσεν | épesen} ‘fell’ governs the prepositional phrase para tēn hodon {παρὰ τὴν ὁδόν | pará tḕn hodón} ‘beside the path’, which specifies location and implies an exposed, hardened surface.
Root and etymology
paraballopi–alpha–rho–alpha–beta–alpha–lambda–lambda–omega
“to throw beside, compare”
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 13:4:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Matthew 13:4, so the Greek word παρὰ (para) 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.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Matt.13.4.W9.S1) and character.