Mark 10:47:7Mark.10.47.W7TAB
ἐστιν
estin
“is”
- Transliteration
- ES-tin
- Extended
- EHS-tihn
- IPA
- /ˈes.tin/
Meaning by language
- English
- is
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Alphabet Analysis
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
- word
ES-tin
- sentence
KAI a-KOU-sas HO-ti ee-ay-SOOS ho na-dza-rê-NOS ES-tin ÊR-ksa-to KRA-dzein KAI LE-gein hy-E DA-wid ee-ay-SOO e-LE-ê-SON me
Exegesis
The conjunction hoti {ὅτι | hó-ti} introduces an indirect discourse clause identifying who has arrived: Iesous ho Nazarenos {Ἰησοῦς ὁ Ναζαρηνός | Iē-soûs ho Na-za-rē-nós} ‘Jesus the Nazarene,’ with the copula estin {ἐστιν | é-stin} completing the clause.
Root and etymology
Rootepsilon–xi–epsilon–sigma–tau–iota
“to be permitted, to be possible”
In context — Mark 10:47
And when he heard that it was Jesus the Nazarene, he began to cry out and to say, "Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me."
About this coordinate
Mark 10:47:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Mark 10:47, so the Greek word ἐστιν (estin) 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.10.47.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Mark.10.47.W7.S1) and character.