ἰδὼν

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 ἰδὼν

   i-DÔN

   having seen
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 καὶ ἰδὼν συκῆν μίαν ἐπὶ τῆς ὁδοῦ ἦλθεν ἐπʼ αὐτήν,

   KAI i-DÔN sy-KÊN MI-an e-PI TÊS ho-DOO ÊL-then ep au-TÊN

   And having seen a fig tree by the roadside he came to it
3. clause🔊 καὶ ἰδὼν συκῆν μίαν ἐπὶ τῆς ὁδοῦ ἦλθεν ἐπʼ αὐτήν, καὶ οὐδὲν εὗρεν ἐν αὐτῇ εἰ μὴ φύλλα μόνον, καὶ λέγει αὐτῇ·

   KAI i-DÔN sy-KÊN MI-an e-PI TÊS ho-DOO ÊL-then ep au-TÊN KAI oo-DEN EU-ren en au-TÊ ei MÊ PHYL-la MO-non KAI LE-yei au-TÊ

   And having seen a fig tree by the roadside he came to it and he found nothing on it if not leaves only and he says to it
4. sentence🔊 καὶ ἰδὼν συκῆν μίαν ἐπὶ τῆς ὁδοῦ ἦλθεν ἐπʼ αὐτήν, καὶ οὐδὲν εὗρεν ἐν αὐτῇ εἰ μὴ φύλλα μόνον, καὶ λέγει αὐτῇ· ⸀Μηκέτι ἐκ σοῦ καρπὸς γένηται εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα· καὶ ἐξηράνθη παραχρῆμα ἡ συκῆ.

   KAI i-DÔN sy-KÊN MI-an e-PI TÊS ho-DOO ÊL-then ep au-TÊN KAI oo-DEN EU-ren en au-TÊ ei MÊ PHYL-la MO-non KAI LE-yei au-TÊ mê-KE-ti ek SOO kar-POS YE-nê-tai eis TON ai-Ô-na KAI ek-sê-RAN-thê pa-ra-KHRÊ-ma HÊ sy-KÊ

   And having seen a fig tree by the roadside he came to it and he found nothing on it if not leaves only and he says to it No longer fruit may come from you for the age And the fig tree immediately {It} withered

Exegesis

The verse opens with the aorist participle idon {ἰδὼν | idṓn} ‘having seen’, which foregrounds the action as a completed observation.