Matthew 20:9:2Matt.20.9.W2TAB
ἐλθόντες⸃
elthontes
“having come”
- Transliteration
- el-THON-tes
- Extended
- ehl-THOHN-tehs
- IPA
- /el.ˈtʰon.tes/
Meaning by language
- English
- having come
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Theta | th — as in thin | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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The word
Word in context
- word
el-THON-tes
- sentence
KAI el-THON-tes HOI pe-RI TÊN hen-de-KA-tên HÔ-ran E-la-bon a-NA dê-NA-ri-on
Exegesis
The aorist participle elthontes {ἐλθόντες | elthóntes} ‘having come’ functions adverbially, introducing a temporal clause rendered “when they had come.”
Root and etymology
erchomaiepsilon rho chi omicron mu alpha iota
“to come, go, arrive”
In context — Matthew 20:9
And when those who had come about the eleventh hour arrived, each received a denarius .
About this coordinate
Matthew 20:9:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Matthew 20:9, so the Greek word ἐλθόντες⸃ (elthontes) 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.20.9.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Matt.20.9.W2.S1) and character.