Matthew 9:12:3Matt.9.12.W3TAB
ἀκούσας
akoosas
“having heard”
- Transliteration
- a-KOO-sas
- Extended
- ah-KOO-sahs
- IPA
- /a.ˈkuː.sas/
Meaning by language
- English
- having heard
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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 | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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The word
Word in context
- word
a-KOO-sas
- clause
ho DE a-KOO-sas EI-pen
- sentence
ho DE a-KOO-sas EI-pen oo KHREI-an E-khoo-sin hoi i-SKHY-on-tes i-a-TROO al-LA hoi ka-KÔS E-khon-tes
Exegesis
The verse opens with the article-plus-participle ho de akousas {ὁ δὲ ἀκούσας | ho de a-koú-sas} ‘the one who had heard’, a circumstantial construction that functions substantivally and links the saying to the implied speaker.
The aorist aspect of akousas {ἀκούσας | a-koú-sas} presents the hearing as completed before the speech act introduced by eipen {εἶπεν | ei-pen} ‘he said’.
In context — Matthew 9:12
But when He heard, He said, “Those who are well need no physician, but those who are ill.”
About this coordinate
Matthew 9:12:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Matthew 9:12, so the Greek word ἀκούσας (akoosas) 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.9.12.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Matt.9.12.W3.S1) and character.