Mark 1:19:21Mark.1.19.W21TAB
δίκτυα
diktya
“nets”
- Transliteration
- DIK-ty-a
- Extended
- DIHK-tyah
- IPA
- /ˈdik.ty.a/
Meaning by language
- English
- nets
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Delta | th — as in this | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Kappa | k — as in kite | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father |
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Word in context
- word
DIK-ty-a
- sentence
KAI pro-BAS o-LI-gon EI-den i-A-kō-bon ton tou ze-be-da-I-ou KAI i-ō-AN-nēn ton a-del-PHON au-TOU KAI au-TOUS en tōi PLOI-ōi ka-tar-TI-dzon-tas ta DIK-ty-a
Exegesis
The additional accusative pronoun autous {αὐτοὺς | autoús} resumes James and John collectively as the object of eiden in the subsequent circumstance phrase autous en tō ploiō katartizontas ta diktya {αὐτοὺς ἐν τῷ πλοίῳ καταρτίζοντας τὰ δίκτυα | autoús en tôi ploíō katartízontas tà díktya}, where the present participle katartizontas {καταρτίζοντας | katartízontas} ‘mending’ depicts ongoing action contemporaneous with the seeing.
The prepositional phrase en tō ploiō {ἐν τῷ πλοίῳ | en tôi ploíō} locates the action spatially, and ta diktya {τὰ δίκτυα | tà díktya} specifies the object of their work. In translation, the sequence of movement, perception, identification, and activity is preserved, while the participial construction with autous is rendered as a finite clause (“they were in the boat, mending/fixing the nets”) to maintain natural English narrative flow.
Root and etymology
Rootdelta–iota–kappa–tau–upsilon–omicron–nu
“net, mesh”
In context — Mark 1:19
And going on a little farther, He saw James the son of Zebedee and John his brother; they were in the boat, mending the nets .
About this coordinate
Mark 1:19:21 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 21 of Mark 1:19, so the Greek word δίκτυα (diktya) 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 Mark.1.19.W21, which extends further down to each syllable (Mark.1.19.W21.S1) and character.