Mark 11:17:9Mark.11.17.W9TAB
Ὁ
ho
“the”
- Transliteration
- ho
- Extended
- hoh
- IPA
- /ho/
Meaning by language
- English
- the
Alphabet Analysis
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) |
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Word in context
- word
ho
- 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 phrase ho oikos mou oikos proseuchēs {Ὁ οἶκός μου οἶκος προσευχῆς | Ho oî-kos mou oî-kos pro-seu-khês} uses a verbless nominative clause to define “My house” as “house of prayer.”
Root and etymology
oik-omicron iota kappa
“dwelling, home, household”
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 11:17:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Mark 11:17, so the Greek word Ὁ (ho) 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.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Mark.11.17.W9.S1) and character.