Matthew 13:8:6Matt.13.8.W6TAB
γῆν
gên
“land”
- Transliteration
- gên
- Extended
- GAYN
- IPA
- /gɛːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- land
Alphabet Analysis
| Gamma | gh — guttural | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
- word
gên
- 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
This is followed by the prepositional phrase epi ten gen ten kalen {ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν τὴν καλὴν | e-Pì tḕn gēn tḕn ka-Lḗn}, where the repeated article–noun–article–adjective pattern places emphasis on the quality of the soil: it is not just any ‘earth’ but specifically ‘the earth that is good.’
Root and etymology
gegamma–eta
“earth, land”
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 13:8:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Matthew 13:8, so the Greek word γῆν (gên) 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.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Matt.13.8.W6.S1) and character.