Mark 1:20:14Mark.1.20.W14TAB
μετὰ
meta
“with”
- Transliteration
- me-TA
- Extended
- meh-TAH
- IPA
- /meˈta/
Meaning by language
- English
- with
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Alphabet Analysis
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father |
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Word in context
- word
me-TA
- 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
metanoeōmu–epsilon–tau–alpha–nu–omicron–epsilon–omega
“to change the mind, repent”
In context — Mark 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 1:20:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of Mark 1:20, so the Greek word μετὰ (meta) 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.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (Mark.1.20.W14.S1) and character.