Matthew 20:8:23Matt.20.8.W23TAB
ἐσχάτων
eskhatôn
“last”
- Transliteration
- es-KHA-tôn
- Extended
- ehs-KHAH-tôn
- IPA
- /esˈkʰa.tɔːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- last
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Chi | h/kh — like Bach | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Omega | o — same as omicron | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
- word
es-KHA-tôn
- clause
KA-le-son TOOS er-GA-tas KAI a-PO-dos au-TOIS TON mis-THON ar-KSA-me-nos a-PO TÔN es-KHA-tôn HE-ôs TÔN PRÔ-tôn
- sentence
o-PSI-as DE ye-no-ME-nês LE-yei ho KY-ri-os TOO am-pe-LÔ-nos TÔ e-pi-TRO-pô au-TOO KA-le-son TOOS er-GA-tas KAI a-PO-dos au-TOIS TON mis-THON ar-KSA-me-nos a-PO TÔN es-KHA-tôn HE-ôs TÔN PRÔ-tôn
Exegesis
This is qualified by the prepositional phrase apo tōn eschatōn heōs tōn prōtōn {ἀπὸ τῶν ἐσχάτων ἕως τῶν πρώτων | apò tôn es-chá-tōn hé-ōs tôn prō-tōn} ‘from the last to the first’, highlighting the reversal of expected order.
Root and etymology
eschatosé-scha-tos
“last, furthest, least”
In context — Matthew 20:8
And when evening had come, the master of the vineyard said to his steward , “Call the laborers and give them their wage, beginning from the last up to the first.”
About this coordinate
Matthew 20:8:23 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 23 of Matthew 20:8, so the Greek word ἐσχάτων (eskhatôn) 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.20.8.W23, which extends further down to each syllable (Matt.20.8.W23.S1) and character.