Mark 1:6:9Mark.1.6.W9TAB
ζώνην
zōnēn
“a belt”
- Transliteration
- ZŌ-nēn
- Extended
- ZŌŌ-nayn
- IPA
- /ˈdzoː.nɛːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- a belt
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Alphabet Analysis
| Zeta | z — as in daze | |
| Omega | o — same as omicron | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
- word
ZŌ-nēn
- sentence
kai ÊN ho i-ō-AN-nēs en-de-dy-ME-nos TRI-khas ka-MÊ-lou kai ZŌ-nēn der-ma-TI-nēn pe-RI tēn os-PHYN au-TOU kai ES-thōn a-KRI-das kai ME-li A-gri-on
Exegesis
A second kai links a coordinated noun phrase, zōnēn dermatīnēn peri tēn osphyn autou {ζώνην δερματίνην περὶ τὴν ὀσφὺν αὐτοῦ | zṓnēn dermatínēn perì tḕn osphyn autoû}, where the accusative object zōnēn “belt” is characterized by the attributive adjective dermatīnēn “leathern” and localized by the prepositional phrase peri “around” plus the accusative tēn osphyn autou “his loins.”
Root and etymology
zōnēzeta–omega–nu–eta
“belt, girdle”
In context — Mark 1:6
And John was clothed in camel’s hair and had a leather belt around his loins , and he ate locusts and wild honey.
About this coordinate
Mark 1:6:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Mark 1:6, so the Greek word ζώνην (zōnēn) 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.1.6.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Mark.1.6.W9.S1) and character.