Matthew 21:19:30Matt.21.19.W30TAB
αἰῶνα·
aiôna
“age”
- Transliteration
- ai-Ô-na
- Extended
- ai-Ô-na
- IPA
- /aiˈɔː.na/
Meaning by language
- English
- age
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Omega | o — same as omicron | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ai-Ô-na
- clause
mê-KE-ti ek SOO kar-POS YE-nê-tai eis TON ai-Ô-na
- sentence
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
Exegesis
The main verb legei {λέγει | lé-gei} ‘he says’ introduces a performative declaration using the negative adverb meketi {Μηκέτι | mē-ké-ti} ‘no longer’ with the aorist middle subjunctive genetai {γένηται | gé-nē-tai} in mēketi ek sou karpos genetai eis ton aiona {Μηκέτι ἐκ σοῦ καρπὸς γένηται εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα | mē-ké-ti ek sou kar-pós gé-nē-tai eis ton ai-ō-na} ‘May fruit never again come from you into the age’.
Root and etymology
aiōn–a-i-ō-n
“age, eternity”
In context — Matthew 21:19
And seeing a fig tree beside the road, Jesus went to it and found nothing on it except leaves. Then He said to it, “May fruit never again come from you forever,” and the fig tree withered immediately.
About this coordinate
Matthew 21:19:30 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 30 of Matthew 21:19, so the Greek word αἰῶνα· (aiôna) 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.21.19.W30, which extends further down to each syllable (Matt.21.19.W30.S1) and character.