Mark 1:19:4Mark.1.19.W4TAB
εἶδεν
eiden
“he saw”
- Transliteration
- EI-den
- Extended
- EE-dehn
- IPA
- /ˈiː.den/
Meaning by language
- English
- he saw
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Alphabet Analysis
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Delta | th — as in this | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
- word
EI-den
- 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 verse begins with the aorist participle probas {προβὰς | probás} ‘going forward’, functioning adverbially to describe prior movement relative to the main aorist verb eiden {εἶδεν | eîden} ‘he saw’.
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 1:19:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Mark 1:19, so the Greek word εἶδεν (eiden) 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.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Mark.1.19.W4.S1) and character.