Matthew 13:7:12Matt.13.7.W12TAB
ἔπνιξαν
epniksan
“choked”
- Transliteration
- E-pni-ksan
- Extended
- EH-pnih-ksahn
- IPA
- /ˈe.pni.ksan/
Meaning by language
- English
- choked
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Xi | x — as in axiom (ks) | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
- word
E-pni-ksan
- 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
The final coordinated verb epnixan {ἔπνιξαν | épnixan} “choked” shares that subject, with auta {αὐτά | autá} as the neuter plural object, referring back to the seed. The chain of aorists presents a compact narrative: fall → growth of the thorns → choking of the seed. In translation, this is rendered as sequential clauses in standard subject–verb–object order, preserving the temporal progression and keeping “thorns” as the grammatical subject of the last two actions to reflect the Greek emphasis on the destructive power of the environment.
Root and etymology
pnigōpi–nu–iota–gamma–omega
“to choke, strangle, suffocate”
In context — Matthew 13:7
But other seed fell upon the thorns , and the thorns grew up and choked them.
About this coordinate
Matthew 13:7:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Matthew 13:7, so the Greek word ἔπνιξαν (epniksan) 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.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Matt.13.7.W12.S1) and character.