Matthew 18:23:6Matt.18.23.W6TAB
τῶν
tôn
“of the”
- Transliteration
- TÔN
- Extended
- TÔN
- IPA
- /ˈtɔːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- of the
Alphabet Analysis
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Omega | o — same as omicron | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
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TÔN
- sentence
di-A TOO-to hô-moi-Ô-thê HÊ ba-si-LEI-a TÔN oo-ra-NÔN an-THRÔ-pô ba-si-LEI HOS ê-THE-lê-sen sy-NA-rai LO-gon me-TA TÔN DOO-lôn au-TOO
Exegesis
The nominative phrase hē basileia tōn ouranōn {ἡ βασιλεία τῶν οὐρανῶν | hē ba-si-leí-a tōn ou-ra-nōn} ‘the kingdom of heaven’ functions as the theological subject.
The phrase meta tōn doulōn autou {μετὰ τῶν δούλων αὐτοῦ | me-tá tōn doú-lōn au-toû} ‘with his servants’ highlights the participants in the reckoning, using the genitive after meta to denote association. The formal reconstruction closely follows this clause structure, while the dynamic version renders the idioms in natural English to convey the parable’s meaning without altering its theological nuances.
In context — Matthew 18:23
Therefore, the kingdom of heaven is like a king who desired to settle accounts with his servants.
About this coordinate
Matthew 18:23:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Matthew 18:23, so the Greek word τῶν (tôn) 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.18.23.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Matt.18.23.W6.S1) and character.