Matthew 24:50:13Matt.24.50.W13TAB

ἐν

en

at

Transliteration
EN
Extended
EHN
IPA
/ˈen/

Meaning by language

English
at

Alphabet Analysis

Epsilone — as in met (short)
Nun — as in new

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Word in context

  1. word

    EN

  2. sentence

    HÊ-ksei HO KY-ri-os TOU DOU-lou e-KEI-nou EN hê-ME-rai HÊI ou pros-do-KAI KAI EN HÔ-rai HÊI ou yi-NÔ-skei

Exegesis

Two parallel temporal clauses—en hemerai hē ou prosdoka {ἐν ἡμέρᾳ ᾗ οὐ προσδοκᾷ | en hē-mé-rāi hḗ ou pros-do-kái} ‘on a day which he does not expect’ and en horai hē ou ginoskei {ἐν ὥρᾳ ᾗ οὐ γινώσκει | en hṓ-rāi hḗ ou gi-nṓ-skēi} ‘at an hour which he does not know’—employ the relative pronoun hē {ᾗ | hḗ} and the negation ou {οὐ | ou} to underscore the element of surprise. This syntactic parallelism emphasizes vigilance and unawareness. In the formal version, the relative structure is retained for solemnity; in the dynamic rendering, simpler phrasing conveys immediacy and clarity.

Root and etymology

oikeóoi-ké-ō

to inhabit

In contextMatthew 24:50

The master of that servant will come on a day which he does not expect, and at an hour which he does not know.

About this coordinate

Matthew 24:50:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of Matthew 24:50, so the Greek word ἐν (en) 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.24.50.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (Matt.24.50.W13.S1) and character.