Matthew 20:10:4Matt.20.10.W4TAB
πρῶτοι
prôtoi
“first”
- Transliteration
- PRÔ-toi
- Extended
- PRÔ-toi
- IPA
- /ˈprɔː.toi/
Meaning by language
- English
- first
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Alphabet Analysis
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Omega | o — same as omicron | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Iota | i — as in machine |
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The word
Word in context
- word
PRÔ-toi
- clause
KAI el-THON-tes hoi PRÔ-toi e-NO-mi-san HO-ti PLEI-on LÊM-pson-tai
- 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.
In context — Matthew 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 20:10:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Matthew 20:10, so the Greek word πρῶτοι (prôtoi) 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.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Matt.20.10.W4.S1) and character.