Matthew 18:2:8Matt.18.2.W8TAB
αὐτῶν
autôn
“them”
- Transliteration
- au-TÔN
- Extended
- au-TÔN
- IPA
- /auˈtɔːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- them
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Alphabet Analysis
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Omega | o — same as omicron | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
- word
au-TÔN
- sentence
KAI pros-ka-le-SA-me-nos pai-DI-on E-stê-sen au-TO en ME-sô au-TÔN
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase en mesōi autōn ‘in the midst of them’ indicates spatial placement, with the dative noun meso {μέσῳ | mé-sō} ‘midst’ and the genitive pronoun auton {αὐτῶν | au-tōn} ‘of them’ specifying location. The subject is implicit in Greek narrative and is supplied from context as Jesus. In translation, the formal version maintains the participial sequence with “having called… placed,” while the dynamic version converts to “called… and had him stand” to capture the causative nuance of estēsen and maintain narrative flow.
In context — Matthew 18:2
And having called a child to Himself, He placed the child in the midst of them.
About this coordinate
Matthew 18:2:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Matthew 18:2, so the Greek word αὐτῶν (autôn) 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.18.2.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Matt.18.2.W8.S1) and character.