Mark 10:11:8Mark.10.11.W8TAB
γυναῖκα
gynaika
“wife”
- Transliteration
- gy-NAI-ka
- Extended
- gyoo-NAI-kah
- IPA
- /gyˈnai.ka/
Meaning by language
- English
- wife
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Alphabet Analysis
| Gamma | gh — guttural | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Kappa | k — as in kite | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father |
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The word
Word in context
- word
gy-NAI-ka
- 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.
Root and etymology
gynēgamma–upsilon–nu–eta
“woman, wife”
In context — Mark 10:11
And He says to them, “Whoever divorces his wife and marries another, he commits adultery against her.”
About this coordinate
Mark 10:11:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Mark 10:11, so the Greek word γυναῖκα (gynaika) 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.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Mark.10.11.W8.S1) and character.