Mark 1:29:7Mark.1.29.W7TAB
ἦλθον
êlthon
“they went”
- Transliteration
- ÊL-thon
- Extended
- ÊHL-THOHN
- IPA
- /ˈɛːl.tʰon/
Meaning by language
- English
- they went
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Alphabet Analysis
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Theta | th — as in thin | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
- word
ÊL-thon
- sentence
KAI eu-THYS ek tês sy-na-gô-GÊS ek-sel-THON-tes ÊL-thon eis tên oi-KI-an SI-mō-nos KAI an-DRÉ-ou me-TA ia-KÔ-bou KAI i-ō-AN-nou
Exegesis
The main aorist verb elthon {ἦλθον | ēlthon} ‘they came’ then governs the movement expressed by the prepositional phrase eis tēn oikian Simonos kai Andreou {εἰς τὴν οἰκίαν Σίμωνος καὶ Ἀνδρέου | eis tēn oikían Símōnos kaí Andréou} ‘into the house of Simon and Andrew,’ where eis with the accusative denotes motion toward a specific destination.
Root and etymology
erchomaiepsilon rho chi omicron mu alpha iota
“to go, come”
In context — Mark 1:29
And immediately , after they had come out of the synagogue, they entered the house of Simon and Andrew with James and John.
About this coordinate
Mark 1:29:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Mark 1:29, so the Greek word ἦλθον (êlthon) 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.1.29.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Mark.1.29.W7.S1) and character.