Matthew 20:7:3Matt.20.7.W3TAB
Ὅτι
hoti
“Because”
- Transliteration
- HO-ti
- Extended
- HO-ti
- IPA
- /ˈho.ti/
Meaning by language
- English
- Because
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Alphabet Analysis
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Iota | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
- word
HO-ti
- clause
HO-ti ou-DEIS hê-MAS e-mis-THÔ-sa-to
- sentence
LE-goo-sin au-TÔ HO-ti ou-DEIS hê-MAS e-mis-THÔ-sa-to
Exegesis
The particle hoti {Ὅτι | hóti} introduces the content of the workers’ response, which can be rendered either as indirect discourse (“that no one has hired us”) or as the causal explanation embedded in their quoted words (“Because no one has hired us”); the translation adopts the latter to reflect their justification for standing idle.
In context — Matthew 20:7
They say to him, “Because no one has hired us.” He says to them, “You also go into the vineyard.”
About this coordinate
Matthew 20:7:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Matthew 20:7, so the Greek word Ὅτι (hoti) 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.20.7.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Matt.20.7.W3.S1) and character.