Mark 11:17:16Mark.11.17.W16TAB
τοῖς
tois
“the”
- Transliteration
- tois
- Extended
- tois
- IPA
- /tois/
Meaning by language
- English
- the
Alphabet Analysis
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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Word in context
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tois
- sentence
kai e-DI-das-ken kai E-le-gen au-TOIS ou GE-grap-tai HO-ti ho OI-kos mou OI-kos pro-seu-KHÊS klê-THÊ-se-tai PA-sin tois ETH-ne-sin hy-MEIS de pe-poi-Ê-ka-te au-TON SPÊ-lai-on lê-STÔN
Exegesis
The dative construction pasin tois ethnesin {πᾶσιν τοῖς ἔθνεσιν | pâ-sin toîs éth-ne-sin} ‘for all nations’ indicates the intended universal scope of worship.
In context — Mark 11:17
And He was teaching and saying to them, “Has it not been written, ‘My house shall be called a house of prayer for all the nations ’? But you have made it a den of robbers.”
About this coordinate
Mark 11:17:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of Mark 11:17, so the Greek word τοῖς (tois) 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.11.17.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (Mark.11.17.W16.S1) and character.