Matthew 20:13:2Matt.20.13.W2TAB
δὲ
de
“but”
- Transliteration
- DE
- Extended
- DE
- IPA
- /ˈde/
Meaning by language
- English
- but
Alphabet Analysis
| Delta | th — as in this | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) |
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The word
Word in context
- word
DE
- clause
HO DE a-po-kri-THEIS he-NI au-TÔN EI-pen
- sentence
HO DE a-po-kri-THEIS he-NI au-TÔN EI-pen he-TAI-re ouk a-di-KÔ se ou-KHI dê-na-RI-oo sy-ne-PHÔ-nê-sas moi
Exegesis
The verse opens with ho de apokritheis {ὁ δὲ ἀποκριθείς | ho de a-po-kri-theís} ‘but having answered’, an aorist passive participle functioning circumstantially to introduce the response and link it to the preceding complaint.
Root and etymology
oikosomicron–iota–kappa–omicron–sigma
“house, household”
In context — Matthew 20:13
But he answered and said to one of them, “Friend, I am not doing you wrong ; did you not agree with me for a denarius ?”
About this coordinate
Matthew 20:13:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Matthew 20:13, so the Greek word δὲ (de) 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.20.13.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Matt.20.13.W2.S1) and character.