Matthew 15:33:14Matt.15.33.W14TAB
ὄχλον
okhlon
“crowd”
- Transliteration
- O-khlon
- Extended
- OH-khlohn
- IPA
- /ˈo.kʰlon/
Meaning by language
- English
- crowd
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Alphabet Analysis
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Chi | h/kh — like Bach | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
- word
O-khlon
- sentence
KAI LE-gou-sin au-TOI hoi ma-thê-TAI PO-then hê-MEEN en e-rê-MI-a AR-toi to-SOU-toi HÔS-te khor-TA-sai O-khlon to-SOU-ton
Exegesis
The conjunction hoste {ὥστε | hó-ste} introduces a clause of result with the aorist infinitive chortasai {χορτάσαι | khor-tá-sai}, “so as to satisfy,” taking ochlon tosouton {ὄχλον τοσοῦτον | ókh-lon to-soû-ton} as its object, “so great a crowd.” The structure presents the logistical problem progressively: the disciples speaking to Jesus, the lack of source, the harsh location, the need for many loaves, and the overwhelming size of the crowd. In English, the question is rendered with a natural interrogative word order while preserving the result nuance of hoste with “so as to satisfy” or “to feed.”
Root and etymology
ochlosomicron–chi–lambda–omicron–sigma
“crowd, throng, multitude”
In context — Matthew 15:33
And the disciples said to Him , “From where can we get so many loaves in the wilderness , so as to satisfy so great a crowd?”
About this coordinate
Matthew 15:33:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of Matthew 15:33, so the Greek word ὄχλον (okhlon) 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.15.33.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (Matt.15.33.W14.S1) and character.