Matthew 20:10:8Matt.20.10.W8TAB
λήμψονται·
lêmpsontai
“they would receive”
- Transliteration
- LÊM-pson-tai
- Extended
- LÊM-pson-tai
- IPA
- /ˈleːm.pson.tai/
Meaning by language
- English
- they would receive
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Psi | ps — as in lips | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Iota | i — as in machine |
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The word
Word in context
- word
LÊM-pson-tai
- 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 main finite verb enomisan {ἐνόμισαν | enómi-san} ‘they supposed’ governs a content clause introduced by hoti {ὅτι | hóti}, forming hoti pleion lempsontai {ὅτι πλεῖον λήμψονται | hóti pleî-on lḗm-pson-tai} ‘that they would receive more’, which expresses their expectation in contrast to what actually happens.
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 20:10:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Matthew 20:10, so the Greek word λήμψονται· (lêmpsontai) 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.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Matt.20.10.W8.S1) and character.