Matthew 20:11:4Matt.20.11.W4TAB
κατὰ
kata
“against”
- Transliteration
- ka-TA
- Extended
- kah-TAH
- IPA
- /kaˈta/
Meaning by language
- English
- against
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Alphabet Analysis
| Kappa | k — as in kite | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father |
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Word in context
- word
ka-TA
- sentence
la-BON-tes DE e-GONG-gy-zon ka-TA TOO oi-ko-des-PO-too
Exegesis
The preposition kata {κατὰ | katá} with the genitive tou oikodespotou {τοῦ οἰκοδεσπότου | toû oikodespótou} specifies the target of this complaint, "against the master of the house," where the genitive signals the one toward whom the action is directed. Syntactically, the structure can be rendered as a temporal clause ("when they had received") followed by the main imperfect verb, which is why the formal translation uses "And when they had received it, they grumbled," preserving both temporal sequence and durative aspect, while the dynamic translation simplifies this sequence to "When they got their pay, they started complaining" to communicate cause and progression in more idiomatic contemporary English.
In context — Matthew 20:11
And when they had received it , they grumbled against the master of the house ,
About this coordinate
Matthew 20:11:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Matthew 20:11, so the Greek word κατὰ (kata) 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.20.11.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Matt.20.11.W4.S1) and character.