Matthew 12:1:19Matt.12.1.W19PAT

ἤρξαντο

êrksanto

began

Transliteration
ÊR-ksan-to
Extended
ÊR-ksahn-toh
IPA
/ˈɛːr.ksan.to/

Meaning by language

English
began
French
commencèrent
Spanish
comenzaron
Portuguese
começaram
German
begannen
Russian
начали
Arabic-Simplified
بدأوا
Hindi
शुरू किया
Chinese-Simplified
开始
Korean
시작했다
Indonesian
mulai
Bengali
শুরু করল
Tagalog
nagsimulang
Swahili
walianza
Amharic
ጀመሩ
Yoruba
bẹ̀rẹ̀
Igbo
malitere
Twi
hyɛɛ ase
Ewe
dze

Greek · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
ἤρ + ξαν + το
êr + ksan + to
êrksanto

Alphabet Analysis

Etai — as in machine
Rhor — rolled r
Xix — as in axiom (ks)
Alphaah — as in father
Nun — as in new
Taut — as in top
Omicrono — as in omit (short)

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Word in context

  1. word

    ÊR-ksan-to

  2. clause

    hoi de ma-thê-TAI au-TOU e-PEI-na-san kai ÊR-ksan-to TIL-lein STA-khy-as kai es-THI-ein

  3. sentence

    en e-KEI-nō tō kai-RŌ e-po-REU-thê ho ee-ay-SOOS tois SAB-ba-sin di-A tōn spo-RI-mōn hoi de ma-thê-TAI au-TOU e-PEI-na-san kai ÊR-ksan-to TIL-lein STA-khy-as kai es-THI-ein

In contextMatthew 12:1

in that the time went {the} Jesus the Sabbaths through the grainfields the {and} disciples his were hungry and began to pluck heads of grain and to eat

About this coordinate

Matthew 12:1:19 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 19 of Matthew 12:1, so the Greek word ἤρξαντο (êrksanto) 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.12.1.W19, which extends further down to each syllable (Matt.12.1.W19.S1) and character.