Matthew 20:10:3Matt.20.10.W3TAB

οἱ

hoi

the

Transliteration
hoi
Extended
hoi
IPA
/hoi/

Meaning by language

English
the

Alphabet Analysis

Omicrono — as in omit (short)
Iotai — as in machine

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Diphthongs
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Word in context

  1. word

    hoi

  2. clause

    KAI el-THON-tes hoi PRÔ-toi e-NO-mi-san HO-ti PLEI-on LÊM-pson-tai

  3. sentence

    KAI el-THON-tes hoi PRÔ-toi e-NO-mi-san HO-ti PLEI-on LÊM-pson-tai KAI E-la-bon TO a-NA dê-NA-ri-on KAI au-TOI

Exegesis

The verse opens with the participial clause elthontes hoi protoi {ἐλθόντες οἱ πρῶτοι | elthóntes hoi prô-toi} ‘when the first came’, where the aorist participle elthontes functions temporally, indicating prior action to the main verb. The article–adjective combination hoi protoi marks a defined group, those who were first hired earlier in the narrative.

Root and etymology

oikosomicron–iota–kappa–omicron–sigma

house, household

In contextMatthew 20:10

And when the first came, they supposed that they would receive more, and they themselves received the denarius each.

About this coordinate

Matthew 20:10:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Matthew 20:10, so the Greek word οἱ (hoi) 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.20.10.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Matt.20.10.W3.S1) and character.