Mark 1:20:8Mark.1.20.W8TAB
πατέρα
patera
“father”
- Transliteration
- pa-TE-ra
- Extended
- pah-TEH-rah
- IPA
- /paˈte.ra/
Meaning by language
- English
- father
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Alphabet Analysis
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father |
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Word in context
- word
pa-TE-ra
- 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”).
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 1:20:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Mark 1:20, so the Greek word πατέρα (patera) 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.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Mark.1.20.W8.S1) and character.