Mark 1:35:4Mark.1.35.W4TAB
λίαν
lian
“very”
- Transliteration
- LI-an
- Extended
- LI-ah(n)
- IPA
- /ˈli.an/
Meaning by language
- English
- very
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Alphabet Analysis
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
- word
LI-an
- sentence
kai prō-I EN-ny-kha LI-an a-na-STAS ex-ÊL-then kai a-PÊL-then eis E-rē-mon TO-pon ka-KEI pro-sē-EU-khe-to
Exegesis
The verse opens with a tightly packed temporal frame: proi {πρωῒ | prō-í} ‘early in the morning’ is intensified by ennucha {ἔννυχα | én-nu-kha} ‘while still night’ and lian {λίαν | lí-an} ‘very,’ creating a sense of extreme earliness and darkness.
In context — Mark 1:35
And very early in the morning, while it was still night, having arisen, He went out and departed into a deserted place, and there He was praying .
About this coordinate
Mark 1:35:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Mark 1:35, so the Greek word λίαν (lian) 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.1.35.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Mark.1.35.W4.S1) and character.