Mark 10:39:18Mark.10.39.W18TAB

τὸ

to

the

Transliteration
to
Extended
toh
IPA
/to/

Meaning by language

English
the

Alphabet Analysis

Taut — as in top
Omicrono — as in omit (short)

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Word in context

  1. word

    to

  2. sentence

    hoi de EI-pan au-TOI dy-NA-me-tha ho de ee-ay-SOOS EI-pen au-TOIS to po-TE-ri-on ho e-GŌ PI-nō PI-es-the KAI to BA-ptis-ma ho e-GŌ bap-TI-dzo-mai bap-tis-THĒ-se-s-the

Exegesis

Each clause begins with a neuter singular direct object, to poterion {τὸ ποτήριον | tò potḗ-ri-on} ‘the cup’ and to baptisma {τὸ βάπτισμα | tò báptis-ma} ‘the baptism’, followed by the relative pronoun ho {ὃ | ho} ‘which’, creating two parallel relative clauses.

Root and etymology

entellomaiepsilon–nu–tau–epsilon–lambda–lambda–omicron–mu–alpha–iota

to command, give orders

In contextMark 10:39

And they said to Him, “We are able.” But Jesus said to them, “The cup which I drink, you will drink; and the baptism with which I am baptized, you will be baptized.”

About this coordinate

Mark 10:39:18 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 18 of Mark 10:39, so the Greek word τὸ (to) 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.10.39.W18, which extends further down to each syllable (Mark.10.39.W18.S1) and character.