Matthew 13:8:20Matt.13.8.W20TAB
τριάκοντα
triakonta
“thirty”
- Transliteration
- tri-A-kon-ta
- Extended
- trih-AH-kohn-tah
- IPA
- /triˈa.kon.ta/
Meaning by language
- English
- thirty
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Alphabet Analysis
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Kappa | k — as in kite | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father |
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Word in context
- word
tri-A-kon-ta
- sentence
AL-la de E-pe-sen e-PI tên gên tên ka-LÊN KAI e-DI-dou kar-PON ho men he-ka-TON ho de he-ksÊ-kon-ta ho de tri-A-kon-ta
Exegesis
The numerals hekaton, hexekonta, triakonta {ἑκατὸν, ἑξήκοντα, τριάκοντα | he-ka-TÒN, he-Xḗ-kon-ta, tri-Á-kon-ta} are indeclinable and function as substantives indicating differing degrees of multiplication. Greek tolerates the compressed structure ‘which on the one hand a hundred, which but sixty, which but thirty,’ whereas English requires the insertion of words such as ‘some’ and ‘times’ or ‘fold’ to clarify the distributive sense. The shift from aorist (epesen) to imperfect (edidou) underlines that the decisive factor is not the falling of the seed but the ongoing productivity of the good soil, a nuance preserved by rendering edidou as a continuous process in both translations.
In context — Matthew 13:8
But other seed fell upon the good ground , and it was producing fruit , some a hundredfold, some sixty, and some thirty.
About this coordinate
Matthew 13:8:20 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 20 of Matthew 13:8, so the Greek word τριάκοντα (triakonta) 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.13.8.W20, which extends further down to each syllable (Matt.13.8.W20.S1) and character.