Mark 1:19:3Mark.1.19.W3TAB
ὀλίγον
oligon
“a little”
- Transliteration
- o-LI-gon
- Extended
- oh-LIH-gon
- IPA
- /oˈli.gon/
Meaning by language
- English
- a little
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Alphabet Analysis
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Gamma | gh — guttural | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
- word
o-LI-gon
- 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 adverbial accusative oligon {ὀλίγον | oligón} ‘a little’ specifies the limited distance of this movement.
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 1:19:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Mark 1:19, so the Greek word ὀλίγον (oligon) 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.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Mark.1.19.W3.S1) and character.