Mark 10:38:17Mark.10.38.W17TAB
ἢ
ê
“or”
- Transliteration
- ê
- Extended
- ê
- IPA
- /ɛː/
Meaning by language
- English
- or
Alphabet Analysis
| Eta | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
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ê
- sentence
ho de ee-ay-SOOS EI-pen au-TOIS ouk OI-da-te TEE ai-TEIS-the DY-na-sthe pi-EIN to po-TE-ree-on ho e-GO PI-nô ê to BA-ptis-ma ho e-GO bap-TI-dzo-mai bap-tis-THÊ-nai
Exegesis
The coordination with e {ἢ | ḗ} ‘or’ and the tight parallelism between the “cup” and the “baptism” intensify the rhetorical challenge and frame discipleship as sharing in Jesus’ suffering.
Root and etymology
poterpi–omicron–tau–eta–rho
“drinking vessel”
In context — Mark 10:38
But Jesus said to them, “You do not know what you are asking. Are you able to drink the cup that I drink, or to be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with?”
About this coordinate
Mark 10:38:17 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 17 of Mark 10:38, so the Greek word ἢ (ê) 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.10.38.W17, which extends further down to each syllable (Mark.10.38.W17.S1) and character.