Matthew 21:35:10Matt.21.35.W10TAB
ἔδειραν,
edeiran
“they beat,”
- Transliteration
- E-dei-ran
- Extended
- EH-dei-ran
- IPA
- /ˈe.diː.ran/
Meaning by language
- English
- they beat,
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Delta | th — as in this | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
- word
E-dei-ran
- phraseyour reading level
KAI la-BON-tes HOI ye-ôr-YOI TOOS DOO-loos au-TOO HON MEN E-dei-ran
- sentence
KAI la-BON-tes HOI ye-ôr-YOI TOOS DOO-loos au-TOO HON MEN E-dei-ran HON DE a-PEK-tei-nan HON DE e-li-tho-BO-lê-san
Exegesis
The verbs edeiran {ἔδειραν | édeiran}, apekteinan {ἀπέκτειναν | apékteinan}, and elithobolesan {ἐλιθοβόλησαν | elithobólēsan} are all aorist active indicatives third person plural, underlining their completed and decisive nature. The English translations preserve the distributive structure with “one…another…yet another” to mirror the original.
In context — Matthew 21:35
And the farmers seized his servants: they beat one, killed another, and stoned another.
About this coordinate
Matthew 21:35:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Matthew 21:35, so the Greek word ἔδειραν, (edeiran) 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.21.35.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Matt.21.35.W10.S1) and character.