Mark 10:11:7Mark.10.11.W7TAB

τὴν

tên

the

Transliteration
tên
Extended
tayn
IPA
/tɛːn/

Meaning by language

English
the

Alphabet Analysis

Taut — as in top
Etai — as in machine
Nun — as in new

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Word in context

  1. word

    tên

  2. sentence

    KAI LE-gei au-TOIS HOS AN a-po-LY-sê tên gy-NAI-ka au-TOU KAI ga-MÊ-sê AL-lên moi-KHA-tai ep au-TÊN

Exegesis

The direct object of the first verb is the noun phrase tēn gynaika autou {τὴν γυναῖκα αὐτοῦ | tḕn gynaî-ka au-toû} ‘his wife’, with the article plus noun followed by the possessive genitive pronoun indicating the established marital bond.

In contextMark 10:11

And He says to them, “Whoever divorces his wife and marries another, he commits adultery against her.”

About this coordinate

Mark 10:11:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Mark 10:11, so the Greek word τὴν (tên) 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.10.11.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Mark.10.11.W7.S1) and character.