Mark 1:3:13Mark.1.3.W13TAB
τρίβους
tribous
“paths”
- Transliteration
- TRI-bous
- Extended
- TRIH-boos
- IPA
- /ˈtri.bus/
Meaning by language
- English
- paths
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Alphabet Analysis
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Beta | v — as in victory | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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The word
Word in context
- word
TRI-bous
- sentence
phō-NÊ bo-ÔN-tos en tê e-RÊ-mō he-toi-MA-sa-te tēn ho-DON ky-REE-ou eu-THEI-as poi-EI-te tas TRI-bous au-TOU
Exegesis
The second imperative governs tas tribous autou {τὰς τρίβους αὐτοῦ | tas trí-bous au-tou} ‘His paths,’ again a possessed object, and is modified by the predicate adjective eutheias {εὐθείας | eu-thei-as} ‘straight’ in the accusative plural for agreement with tribous. The parallel structure of the two imperatival clauses, both directed to the plural audience, heightens the rhetorical urgency and underscores comprehensive preparation for the Lord’s arrival, which the English renderings preserve by keeping paired commands and parallel imagery of “way” and “paths.”
Root and etymology
trib-tau–rho–iota–beta
“beaten track, path”
In context — Mark 1:3
A voice crying out in the wilderness, “Prepare the way of the Lord ; make His paths straight.”
About this coordinate
Mark 1:3:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of Mark 1:3, so the Greek word τρίβους (tribous) 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.1.3.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (Mark.1.3.W13.S1) and character.