Matthew 18:24:1Matt.18.24.W1TAB
ἀρξαμένου
arksamenoo
“Having begun”
- Transliteration
- ar-ksa-ME-noo
- Extended
- ar-ksa-ME-noo
- IPA
- /ar.ksaˈme.nuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- Having begun
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Alphabet Analysis
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Xi | x — as in axiom (ks) | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ar-ksa-ME-noo
- sentence
ar-ksa-ME-noo DE au-TOO sy-NAI-rein pro-sê-NEKH-thê au-TÔ HEIS o-phei-LE-tês my-RI-ôn ta-LAN-tôn
Exegesis
autou synairein {ἀρξαμένου δὲ αὐτοῦ συναιρεῖν | arxaménou de autou synaireîn}, where the aorist participle and genitive pronoun form a circumstantial clause best rendered “as he began.” The infinitive synairein specifies the precise activity of settling accounts.
In context — Matthew 18:24
But as he began to settle accounts , one debtor who owed ten thousand talents was brought to him.
About this coordinate
Matthew 18:24:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Matthew 18:24, so the Greek word ἀρξαμένου (arksamenoo) 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.18.24.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Matt.18.24.W1.S1) and character.