Matthew 15:20:3Matt.15.20.W3TAB
τὰ
ta
“the”
- Transliteration
- ta
- Extended
- tah
- IPA
- /ta/
Meaning by language
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Alphabet Analysis
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father |
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Word in context
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ta
- sentence
TAU-ta ES-tin ta koi-NOUN-ta ton AN-thrô-pon to de a-NIP-tois kher-SIN pha-GEIN ou koi-NOI ton AN-thrô-pon
Exegesis
The predicate nominative is the articular participial phrase ta koinounta ton anthropon {τὰ κοινοῦντα τὸν ἄνθρωπον | tà koi-noûn-ta tòn án-thrō-pon}, where the present active participle koinounta {κοινοῦντα | koi-noûn-ta} with the article ta {τὰ | tà} is substantivized, meaning “the things that defile,” and it takes ton anthropon {τὸν ἄνθρωπον | tòn án-thrō-pon} as its object, “the person.”
Root and etymology
koinookappa–omicron–iota–nu–omicron–omega
“to make common, defile”
In context — Matthew 15:20
These are the things that defile a person; but to eat with unwashed hands does not defile a person.
About this coordinate
Matthew 15:20:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Matthew 15:20, so the Greek word τὰ (ta) 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.15.20.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Matt.15.20.W3.S1) and character.