Matthew 22:32:20Matt.22.32.W20TAB
ζώντων.
zônton
“living”
- Transliteration
- ZÔN-ton
- Extended
- ZOHN-tohn
- IPA
- /ˈzɔːn.tɔːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- living
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Alphabet Analysis
| Zeta | z — as in daze | |
| Omega | o — same as omicron | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Omega | o — same as omicron | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ZÔN-ton
- sentence
ook ES-tin ho the-OS ne-KRÔN al-LA ZÔN-ton
Exegesis
The second clause, ouk estin ho theos nekrōn alla zōntōn {οὐκ ἔστιν ὁ θεὸς νεκρῶν ἀλλὰ ζώντων | ouk éstin ho theós nekrôn allà zṓntōn}, follows a clear “not … but …” contrastive pattern, where ouk negates the verb estin and alla introduces the corrective affirmation. Here ho theos functions again as a predicate nominative, with the implicit subject understood from the preceding divine declaration.
The genitive plurals nekrōn {νεκρῶν | nekrôn} ‘of dead’ and zōntōn {ζώντων | zṓntōn} ‘of living’ describe the groups with whom God is characteristically associated; the genitive expresses a relational domain, “God in relation to the dead” versus “God in relation to the living.”
Root and etymology
zaōzeta–alpha–omega
“to live, be alive”
In context — Matthew 22:32
I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. He is not the God of the dead , but of the living.
About this coordinate
Matthew 22:32:20 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 20 of Matthew 22:32, so the Greek word ζώντων. (zônton) 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.22.32.W20, which extends further down to each syllable (Matt.22.32.W20.S1) and character.