Matthew 20:31:9Matt.20.31.W9TAB
δὲ
de
“but”
- Transliteration
- DE
- Extended
- DEH
- 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
OI DE MEI-zon E-kra-ksan LE-gon-tes
- sentence
HO DE O-khlos e-pe-TI-mê-sen au-TOIS HI-na si-ô-PÊ-sô-sin OI DE MEI-zon E-kra-ksan LE-gon-tes KY-ri-e e-LE-ê-son hê-MAS hyi-OS dau-ID
Exegesis
The verse opens with the adversative conjunction de linking to the preceding narrative and the articular noun phrase ho de ochlos {ὁ δὲ ὄχλος | ho dé óchlos} marking “the crowd” as the subject.
A second adversative de clause with the article hoi de {οἱ δὲ | hoi dé} refers back to the silenced group, while the adverbial comparative meizon {μεῖζον | meîzon} intensifies the subsequent aorist indicative ekraxan {ἔκραξαν | ékraxan} ‘they cried out.’
Root and etymology
oikosomicron–iota–kappa–omicron–sigma
“house, household”
In context — Matthew 20:31
But the crowd rebuked them so that they would be silent, yet they cried out even more, saying, “Lord , have mercy on us, Son of David .”
About this coordinate
Matthew 20:31:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Matthew 20:31, 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.20.31.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Matt.20.31.W9.S1) and character.