Mark 1:39:3Mark.1.39.W3TAB
κηρύσσων
kêryssōn
“preaching”
- Transliteration
- kê-RYS-sōn
- Extended
- keh-RYSS-sohn
- IPA
- /kɛˈrys.sɔːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- preaching
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Alphabet Analysis
| Kappa | k — as in kite | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Omega | o — same as omicron | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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The word
Word in context
- word
kê-RYS-sōn
- sentence
KAI ÊL-then kê-RYS-sōn eis tas sy-na-gō-GAS au-TŌN eis HO-lēn tēn ga-li-LAI-an KAI ta dai-MO-ni-a ek-BAL-lōn
Exegesis
Two present participles, kerysson {κηρύσσων | kēryssōn} ‘preaching’ and ekballon {ἐκβάλλων | ekbállōn} ‘casting out’, are nominative masculine singular and agree with the implicit subject, depicting ongoing, characteristic actions that accompany His going.
Root and etymology
Rootkappa–eta–rho–upsilon–sigma–sigma
“proclaim, announce”
In context — Mark 1:39
And He went into their synagogues throughout all Galilee, preaching and casting out the demons .
About this coordinate
Mark 1:39:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Mark 1:39, so the Greek word κηρύσσων (kêryssōn) 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.1.39.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Mark.1.39.W3.S1) and character.