Mark 1:7:4Mark.1.7.W4TAB
Ἔρχεται
erkhetai
“comes”
- Transliteration
- ER-khe-tai
- Extended
- EHR-kheh-tai
- IPA
- /ˈer.kʰe.tai/
Meaning by language
- English
- comes
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Alphabet Analysis
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Chi | h/kh — like Bach | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Iota | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
- word
ER-khe-tai
- sentence
KAI e-KÊ-RYS-sen LE-gōn ER-khe-tai ho is-khy-RO-te-ros mou o-PI-sō mou hou ouk ei-MI hi-ka-NOS KY-psas LY-sai ton hi-MAN-ta tōn hy-po-dê-MA-tōn au-TOU
Exegesis
Within the quotation, erchetai {Ἔρχεται | érchetai} ‘is coming’ uses a present tense with a future sense of imminent arrival.
In context — Mark 1:7
And he was preaching, saying, “The One who is mightier than I is coming after me, the strap of whose sandals I am not worthy to stoop down and untie.”
About this coordinate
Mark 1:7:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Mark 1:7, so the Greek word Ἔρχεται (erkhetai) 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.1.7.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Mark.1.7.W4.S1) and character.