Matthew 2:9:3Matt.2.9.W3TAB
ἀκούσαντες
akoosantes
“having heard”
- Transliteration
- a-KOO-san-tes
- Extended
- ah-KOO-sahn-tehs
- IPA
- /a.ˈkuː.san.tes/
Meaning by language
- English
- having heard
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Kappa | k — as in kite | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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The word
Word in context
- word
a-KOO-san-tes
- phraseyour reading level
HOI DE a-KOO-san-tes TOO ba-si-LE-ôs e-po-REU-thê-san
- sentence
HOI DE a-KOO-san-tes TOO ba-si-LE-ôs e-po-REU-thê-san KAI i-DOO HO a-STÊR HON EI-don EN TÊI a-na-to-LÊI pro-Ê-yen au-TOOS HE-ôs el-THÔN e-STA-thê e-PA-nô HOO ÊN TO pai-DI-on
Exegesis
The verse begins with the articular participle akousantes {ἀκούσαντες | akoúsantes} ‘having heard’, forming a circumstantial clause that sets the timing of the journey.
In context — Matthew 2:9
Once they had heard the king , they set out, and behold, the star they had seen at its rising went ahead of them until it came and stood above where the child was.
About this coordinate
Matthew 2:9:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Matthew 2:9, so the Greek word ἀκούσαντες (akoosantes) 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.2.9.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Matt.2.9.W3.S1) and character.