Matthew 21:33:15Matt.21.33.W15TAB
ὤρυξεν
ôryksen
“dug”
- Transliteration
- Ô-ry-ksen
- Extended
- Ô-ry-ksehn
- IPA
- /ˈɔː.ryk.sen/
Meaning by language
- English
- dug
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Alphabet Analysis
| Omega | o — same as omicron | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Xi | x — as in axiom (ks) | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
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Ô-ry-ksen
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AN-thrô-pos ÊN oi-ko-de-SPO-tês HOS-tis e-PHY-teu-sen am-pe-LÔ-na KAI phrag-MON au-TÔ pe-ri-E-thê-ken KAI Ô-ry-ksen en au-TÔ lê-NON KAI ô-ko-DO-mê-sen PYR-gon
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AN-thrô-pos ÊN oi-ko-de-SPO-tês HOS-tis e-PHY-teu-sen am-pe-LÔ-na KAI phrag-MON au-TÔ pe-ri-E-thê-ken KAI Ô-ry-ksen en au-TÔ lê-NON KAI ô-ko-DO-mê-sen PYR-gon KAI e-KSE-de-to au-TON ye-ôr-YOIS KAI a-pe-DÊ-mê-sen
Exegesis
The relative pronoun hostis {ὅστις | hóstis} introduces a sequence of aorist verbs—ephuteusen {ἐφύτευσεν | ephúteusen} ‘planted,’ perietheken {περιέθηκεν | periéthēken} ‘put around,’ oryksen {ὤρυξεν | ōrúxen} ‘dug,’ oikodomesen {ᾠκοδόμησεν | ōikodomḗsen} ‘built,’ exedeto {ἐξέδετο | exédeto} ‘leased out,’ and apedemesen {ἀπεδήμησεν | apedḗmēsen} ‘went away.’
In context — Matthew 21:33
Hear another parable: There was a man, a master of a house , who planted a vineyard, put a fence around it, dug a winepress in it, built a tower, leased it to farmers, and went away to another country .
About this coordinate
Matthew 21:33:15 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 15 of Matthew 21:33, so the Greek word ὤρυξεν (ôryksen) 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.21.33.W15, which extends further down to each syllable (Matt.21.33.W15.S1) and character.