Matthew 22:34:4Matt.22.34.W4TAB
ἀκούσαντες
akousantes
“after hearing”
- Transliteration
- a-KOU-san-tes
- Extended
- ah-KOO-sahn-tehs
- IPA
- /a.ˈkuː.san.tes/
Meaning by language
- English
- after hearing
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Alphabet Analysis
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Kappa | k — as in kite | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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The word
Word in context
- word
a-KOU-san-tes
- sentence
hoi DE pha-ri-SAI-oi a-KOU-san-tes HO-ti e-PHI-mo-sen TOOS sad-du-KAI-oos sy-NEKH-thê-san e-PI TO au-TO
Exegesis
The aorist participle akousantes {ἀκούσαντες | akoúsantes} introduces a circumstantial clause, “having heard that …,” with hoti {ὅτι | hóti} as the complementizer.
Root and etymology
Rootalpha–kappa–omicron–upsilon–omega
“to hear, listen”
In context — Matthew 22:34
But the Pharisees , having heard that He had silenced the Sadducees, gathered together.
About this coordinate
Matthew 22:34:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Matthew 22:34, 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.22.34.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Matt.22.34.W4.S1) and character.