Mark 1:20:11Mark.1.20.W11TAB

ἐν

en

in

Transliteration
en
Extended
ehn
IPA
/en/

Meaning by language

English
in

Alphabet Analysis

Epsilone — as in met (short)
Nun — as in new

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Word in context

  1. word

    en

  2. sentence

    KAI eu-THYS e-KA-le-sen au-TOUS KAI a-PHEN-tes ton pa-TE-ra au-TÔN ze-be-daI-on en tôi PLOI-ôi me-TA tôn mis-thô-TÔN a-PÊL-thon o-PI-sô au-TOU

Exegesis

The prepositional phrase en to ploio {ἐν τῷ πλοίῳ | en tôi ploíō} locates Zebedee in the boat, and the following meta ton misthoton {μετὰ τῶν μισθωτῶν | metà tôn misthôtōn} adds the social detail that he is accompanied by hired workers, underscoring the cost of leaving a viable family business.

Root and etymology

kaleokappa alpha lambda epsilon omega

to call, summon

In contextMark 1:20

And immediately He called them, and having left their father Zebedee in the boat with the hired servants, they went away after Him.

About this coordinate

Mark 1:20:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Mark 1:20, so the Greek word ἐν (en) 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.1.20.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Mark.1.20.W11.S1) and character.