Matthew 13:7:10Matt.13.7.W10TAB
ἄκανθαι
akanthai
“thorns”
- Transliteration
- A-kan-thai
- Extended
- AH-kahn-thai
- IPA
- /ˈa.kan.tʰai/
Meaning by language
- English
- thorns
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Alphabet Analysis
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Kappa | k — as in kite | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Theta | th — as in thin | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Iota | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
- word
A-kan-thai
- sentence
AL-la DE E-pe-sen e-PI TAS a-KAN-thas KAI a-NE-bê-san hai A-kan-thai KAI E-pni-ksan au-TA
Exegesis
A new clause begins with the plural verb anebesan {ἀνέβησαν | anébēsan} “grew up,” whose explicit subject is hai akanthai {αἱ ἄκανθαι | haí ákanthai} “the thorns,” shifting focus from the seed to the competing growth.
In context — Matthew 13:7
But other seed fell upon the thorns , and the thorns grew up and choked them.
About this coordinate
Matthew 13:7:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Matthew 13:7, so the Greek word ἄκανθαι (akanthai) 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.13.7.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Matt.13.7.W10.S1) and character.