Matthew 20:5:3Matt.20.5.W3TAB

ἀπῆλθον.

apêlthon

{they} went away

Transliteration
a-PÊL-thon
Extended
ah-PÊL-thohn
IPA
/a.ˈpeːl.tʰon/

Meaning by language

English
{they} went away

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Result
ἀ + πῆλ + θον.
a + pêl + thon
apêlthon

Alphabet Analysis

Alphaah — as in father
Pip — as in pet
Etai — as in machine
Lambdal — as in law
Thetath — as in thin
Omicrono — as in omit (short)
Nun — as in new

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Word in context

  1. word

    a-PÊL-thon

  2. sentence

    OI DE a-PÊL-thon

Exegesis

The sentence begins with hoi de apelthon {οἱ δὲ ἀπῆλθον | hoi dè apêl-thon} ‘they went away’, where the article hoi functions substantivally as the subject “they,” and the particle de marks narrative continuation. The aorist verb apelthon views the laborers’ departure as a single completed action.

In contextMatthew 20:5

And they went away. Again, having gone out about the sixth and the ninth hour, he did likewise .

About this coordinate

Matthew 20:5:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Matthew 20:5, so the Greek word ἀπῆλθον. (apêlthon) 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.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Matt.20.5.W3.S1) and character.