Matthew 20:12:17Matt.20.12.W17TAB

τῆς

tês

of the

Transliteration
TÊS
Extended
TÊS
IPA
/ˈteːs/

Meaning by language

English
of the

Alphabet Analysis

Taut — as in top
Etai — as in machine
Sigma (final)s — used only at end of words

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Word in context

  1. word

    TÊS

  2. phraseyour reading level

    KAI I-soos au-TOUS hê-MIN e-poi-Ê-sas TOIS bas-TA-sa-si TO BA-ros TÊS hê-ME-ras KAI TON KAU-sô-na

  3. clause

    OO-toi hoi ES-kha-toi MI-an HÔ-ran e-poi-Ê-san KAI I-soos au-TOUS hê-MIN e-poi-Ê-sas TOIS bas-TA-sa-si TO BA-ros TÊS hê-ME-ras KAI TON KAU-sô-na

  4. sentence

    LE-gon-tes OO-toi hoi ES-kha-toi MI-an HÔ-ran e-poi-Ê-san KAI I-soos au-TOUS hê-MIN e-poi-Ê-sas TOIS bas-TA-sa-si TO BA-ros TÊS hê-ME-ras KAI TON KAU-sô-na

Exegesis

This is further defined by the compound object phrase to baros tes hemeras kai ton kausona {τὸ βάρος τῆς ἡμέρας καὶ τὸν καύσωνα | tó bá-ros tês hē-MÉ-ras kai tón kaú-sō-na}, “the burden of the day and the heat,” which uses coordination to highlight cumulative hardship. In translation, the aorists are rendered with simple past or present perfect forms to mirror the completed action within the narrative, while the participial construction is smoothed into a relative clause (“who have borne”) or causal nuance (“even though we carried”) to maintain clarity and the tone of complaint in English.

Root and etymology

oikosomicron–iota–kappa–omicron–sigma

house, household

In contextMatthew 20:12

Saying, “These last have worked one hour, and you have made them equal to us who have borne the burden of the day and the scorching heat .”

About this coordinate

Matthew 20:12:17 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 17 of Matthew 20:12, so the Greek word τῆς (tês) 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.20.12.W17, which extends further down to each syllable (Matt.20.12.W17.S1) and character.