Matthew 21:15:1Matt.21.15.W1TAB

ἰδόντες

idontes

having seen

Transliteration
i-DON-tes
Extended
i-DON-tehs
IPA
/iˈdon.tes/

Meaning by language

English
having seen

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Result
ἰ + δόν + τες
i + don + tes
idontes

Alphabet Analysis

Iotai — as in machine
Deltath — as in this
Omicrono — as in omit (short)
Nun — as in new
Taut — as in top
Epsilone — as in met (short)
Sigma (final)s — used only at end of words

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Word in context

  1. word

    i-DON-tes

  2. clause

    i-DON-tes DE oi ar-khi-e-REIS KAI oi gram-ma-TEIS TA thau-MA-si-a HA e-poi-Ê-sen KAI TOOS PAI-das TOOS KRA-zon-tas en TÔI hi-e-RÔI KAI LE-gon-tas

  3. sentence

    i-DON-tes DE oi ar-khi-e-REIS KAI oi gram-ma-TEIS TA thau-MA-si-a HA e-poi-Ê-sen KAI TOOS PAI-das TOOS KRA-zon-tas en TÔI hi-e-RÔI KAI LE-gon-tas hô-san-NA TÔI hyi-ÔI dau-ID ê-ga-NAK-tê-san

Exegesis

The verse begins with idontes {ἰδόντες | idóntes} ‘having seen’, an aorist participle framing the main verb ēganaktēsan {ἠγανάκτησαν | ēganaktḗsan} ‘they became indignant’.

In contextMatthew 21:15

But when the chief priests and the scribes saw the wonderful things that He did and the children crying out in the temple and saying, “Hosanna to the Son of David,” they became indignant.

About this coordinate

Matthew 21:15:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Matthew 21:15, so the Greek word ἰδόντες (idontes) 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.21.15.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Matt.21.15.W1.S1) and character.