Mark 10:21:25Mark.10.21.W25TAB

ἐν

en

in

Transliteration
en
Extended
ehn
IPA
/en/

Meaning by language

English
in

Alphabet Analysis

Epsilone — as in met (short)
Nun — as in new

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Word in context

  1. word

    en

  2. sentence

    ho de ee-ay-SOOS em-BLEP-sas au-TOI ê-GA-pê-sen au-TON KAI EI-pen au-TOI HEN se hy-ste-REI HY-pa-ge HO-sa E-kheis PO-lê-son KAI dos tois ptō-KHOIS KAI HEK-seis thê-sau-RON en ou-ra-NÔI KAI DEU-ro a-ko-LOU-thei moi

Exegesis

In the direct speech, hen se husterei {Ἕν σε ὑστερεῖ | Hén se huster-eî} places the neuter subject hen ‘one thing’ before the verb for emphasis, while se ‘you’ remains in the unemphatic object position, yielding the sense “one thing is lacking with respect to you.”

The future indicative hexeis {ἕξεις | hé-kheis} with thesauron {θησαυρὸν | thē-sau-ròn} ‘treasure’ in the prepositional phrase en ourano {ἐν οὐρανῷ | en ou-ra-nō} ‘in heaven’ functions as a promise of eschatological reward that contrasts with relinquished earthly wealth.

Root and etymology

entel-epsilon–nu–tau–epsilon–lambda

to command, charge

In contextMark 10:21

But Jesus , having looked intently at him, loved him, and He said to him, “One thing you lack: go, sell all that you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow Me.”

About this coordinate

Mark 10:21:25 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 25 of Mark 10:21, so the Greek word ἐν (en) 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.10.21.W25, which extends further down to each syllable (Mark.10.21.W25.S1) and character.