Matthew 20:9:6Matt.20.9.W6TAB
ἑνδεκάτην
hendekatên
“eleventh”
- Transliteration
- hen-de-KA-tên
- Extended
- hehn-deh-KAH-tên
- IPA
- /hen.de.ˈka.teːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- eleventh
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Alphabet Analysis
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Delta | th — as in this | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Kappa | k — as in kite | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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The word
Word in context
- word
hen-de-KA-tên
- 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 phrase peri ten hendekaten horan {περὶ τὴν ἑνδεκάτην ὥραν | perí tḗn hendekátēn hōran} ‘about the eleventh hour’ combines peri with the accusative to indicate approximation and an ordinal adjective to pinpoint a late afternoon time.
Root and etymology
hendekaepsilon–nu–delta–epsilon–kappa–alpha
“eleven”
In context — Matthew 20:9
And when those who had come about the eleventh hour arrived, each received a denarius .
About this coordinate
Matthew 20:9:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Matthew 20:9, so the Greek word ἑνδεκάτην (hendekatên) 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.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Matt.20.9.W6.S1) and character.