Matthew 21:19:8Matt.21.19.W8TAB

ἦλθεν

êlthen

he came

Transliteration
ÊL-then
Extended
ÊL-thehn
IPA
/ˈeːl.tʰen/

Meaning by language

English
he came

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Result
ἦλ + θεν
êl + then
êlthen

Alphabet Analysis

Etai — as in machine
Lambdal — as in law
Thetath — as in thin
Epsilone — as in met (short)
Nun — as in new

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Word in context

  1. word

    ÊL-then

  2. phraseyour reading level

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

  3. clause

    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

  4. 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 narrative sequence elthen {ἦλθεν | ēlthén} ‘he came’ and heuren {εὗρεν | heurén} ‘he found’ marks the search, with ouden {οὐδὲν | ou-dén} ‘nothing’ narrowed by the conditional clause ei me phulla monon {εἰ μὴ φύλλα μόνον | ei mē phú-lla món-on} ‘if not only leaves’.

Root and etymology

exerchomaiex-é-r-kho-mai

In contextMatthew 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 21:19:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Matthew 21:19, so the Greek word ἦλθεν (êlthen) 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.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Matt.21.19.W8.S1) and character.