Matthew 20:5:10Matt.20.5.W10TAB
ὥραν
hôran
“hour”
- Transliteration
- HÔ-ran
- Extended
- HÔ-rahn
- IPA
- /ˈhɔː.ran/
Meaning by language
- English
- hour
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Omega | o — same as omicron | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
Tap any key to hear its pronunciation
Now you try — trace the word:
The word
Word in context
- word
HÔ-ran
- sentence
PA-lin ek-sel-THÔN pe-RI HEK-tên KAI e-NA-tên HÔ-ran e-poi-Ê-sen hô-SAU-tôs
Exegesis
This is followed by the circumstantial participial clause exelthon peri hekten kai enaten horan {ἐξελθών περὶ ἕκτην καὶ ἐνάτην ὥραν | ex-el-thṓn perì hék-tēn kai e-ná-tēn hṓ-ran}, where the aorist participle exelthon is temporally subordinate to the main verb, indicating “after going out” or “when he went out,” and the prepositional phrase peri + accusative expresses approximate time (“about the sixth and ninth hour”).
Root and etymology
horaomega–rho–alpha
“hour, time, season”
In context — Matthew 20:5
And they went away. Again, having gone out about the sixth and the ninth hour, he did likewise .
About this coordinate
Matthew 20:5:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Matthew 20:5, so the Greek word ὥραν (hôran) 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.20.5.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Matt.20.5.W10.S1) and character.