Matthew 19:29:4Matt.19.29.W4TAB
ἀφῆκεν
aphêken
“{he} left”
- Transliteration
- a-PHÊ-ken
- Extended
- ah-PHÊ-kehn
- IPA
- /a.ˈpʰeː.ken/
Meaning by language
- English
- {he} left
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Alphabet Analysis
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Phi | ph — as in phone (f) | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Kappa | k — as in kite | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
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a-PHÊ-ken
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KAI PAS HO-stis a-PHÊ-ken oi-KI-as Ê a-del-PHOOS Ê a-del-PHAS Ê pa-TE-ra Ê mê-TE-ra Ê gy-NAI-ka Ê TEK-na Ê a-GROOS HE-ne-ken TOO o-NO-ma-tos MOO
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KAI PAS HO-stis a-PHÊ-ken oi-KI-as Ê a-del-PHOOS Ê a-del-PHAS Ê pa-TE-ra Ê mê-TE-ra Ê gy-NAI-ka Ê TEK-na Ê a-GROOS HE-ne-ken TOO o-NO-ma-tos MOO he-ka-ton-ta-pla-SI-o-na LÊM-pse-tai KAI zô-ÊN ai-Ô-ni-on klê-ro-no-MÊ-sei
Exegesis
The main verb apheken {ἀφῆκεν | a-phê-ken} is aorist active indicative, portraying the act of leaving as a decisive, completed renunciation.
In context — Matthew 19:29
And everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or wife or children or fields for the sake of My name will receive a hundred times as much and will inherit eternal life .
About this coordinate
Matthew 19:29:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Matthew 19:29, so the Greek word ἀφῆκεν (aphêken) 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.19.29.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Matt.19.29.W4.S1) and character.