Mark 1:19:7Mark.1.19.W7TAB
τοῦ
tou
“of the”
- Transliteration
- tou
- Extended
- too
- IPA
- /tuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- of the
Alphabet Analysis
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
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tou
- 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 direct objects of eiden are first named individually: Iakōbon ton tou Zebedaiou {Ἰάκωβον τὸν τοῦ Ζεβεδαίου | Iákōbon tón tou Zebedaíou} ‘James, the one of Zebedee’ and Iōannēn ton adelphon autou {Ἰωάννην τὸν ἀδελφὸν αὐτοῦ | Iōánnēn tón adelphón autoû} ‘John, his brother’, using appositional articular phrases with a genitive of relationship (tou Zebedaiou, autou).
Root and etymology
zeteozeta–eta–tau–epsilon–omega
“to seek, look for”
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 1:19:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Mark 1:19, so the Greek word τοῦ (tou) 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.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Mark.1.19.W7.S1) and character.