Matthew 21:45:2Matt.21.45.W2TAB

ἀκούσαντες

akousantes

having heard

Transliteration
a-KOU-san-tes
Extended
ah-KOU-sahn-tehs
IPA
/a.ˈkuː.san.tes/

Meaning by language

English
having heard

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Result
ἀ + κού + σαν + τες
a + kou + san + tes
akousantes

Alphabet Analysis

Alphaah — as in father
Kappak — as in kite
Omicrono — as in omit (short)
Upsiloni — as in machine
Sigmas — as in sit
Alphaah — as in father
Nun — as in new
Taut — as in top
Epsilone — as in met (short)
Sigma (final)s — used only at end of words

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Word in context

  1. word

    a-KOU-san-tes

  2. sentence

    KAI a-KOU-san-tes HOI ar-khi-e-REIS KAI HOI pha-ri-SAI-oi TAS pa-ra-bo-LAS au-TOU EG-no-san HO-ti pe-RI au-TÔN LE-yei

Exegesis

The participle akousantes {ἀκούσαντες | akoúsan-tes} ‘having heard’ establishes the temporal context for the aorist main verb egnōsan {ἔγνωσαν | égnō-san} ‘they perceived’.

In contextMatthew 21:45

When the chief priests and the Pharisees heard His parables , they realized He was speaking about them.

About this coordinate

Matthew 21:45:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Matthew 21:45, so the Greek word ἀκούσαντες (akousantes) 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.21.45.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Matt.21.45.W2.S1) and character.