Mark 1:20:7Mark.1.20.W7TAB

τὸν

ton

the

Transliteration
ton
Extended
tohn
IPA
/ton/

Meaning by language

English
the

Alphabet Analysis

Taut — as in top
Omicrono — as in omit (short)
Nun — as in new

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Word in context

  1. word

    ton

  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 object of their leaving is specified by the accusive phrase ton patera auton Zebedaion {τὸν πατέρα αὐτῶν Ζεβεδαῖον | tòn patéra autôn Zebedaîon}, where the genitive auton {αὐτῶν | autôn} expresses possession (“their father”).

Root and etymology

akathartosalpha–kappa–alpha–theta–alpha–rho–tau–omicron–sigma

unclean, impure

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 1:20:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Mark 1:20, so the Greek word τὸν (ton) 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.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Mark.1.20.W7.S1) and character.