Mark 1:3:8Mark.1.3.W8TAB
ὁδὸν
hodon
“way”
- Transliteration
- ho-DON
- Extended
- hoh-DON
- IPA
- /hoˈdon/
Meaning by language
- English
- way
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Alphabet Analysis
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Delta | th — as in this | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
- word
ho-DON
- 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 object of the first imperative is the accusative phrase tēn hodon kyriou {τὴν ὁδὸν κυρίου | tēn ho-don ku-rí-ou} ‘the way of the Lord,’ with kyriou functioning as a genitive of possession, portraying the way as belonging to or fitting for the Lord.
Root and etymology
hod-omicron–delta
“way, road”
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 1:3:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Mark 1:3, so the Greek word ὁδὸν (hodon) 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.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Mark.1.3.W8.S1) and character.