Mark 12:1:4Mark.12.1.W4TAB
ἐν
en
“in”
- Transliteration
- en
- Extended
- ehn
- IPA
- /en/
Meaning by language
- English
- in
Alphabet Analysis
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
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KAI ÊR-ksa-to au-TOIS en pa-ra-bo-LAIS la-LEIN am-pe-LO-na AN-thrô-pos e-PHY-teu-sen KAI pe-ri-E-thê-ken phrag-MON KAI Ô-ry-ksen hy-po-LÊ-ni-on KAI ôi-ko-DO-mê-sen PYR-gon KAI ek-SE-de-to au-TON ge-ôr-GOIS KAI a-pe-DÊ-mê-sen
Exegesis
The verse begins with the narrative formula kai erxato autois en parabolais lalein {Καὶ ἤρξατο αὐτοῖς ἐν παραβολαῖς λαλεῖν | Kaì ḗrxato autoîs en parabolâis laleîn} “and He began to speak to them in parables,” where the finite verb with infinitive construction introduces a new block of teaching. The dative autois marks the audience, while en parabolais functions as a manner phrase indicating the didactic mode.
Root and etymology
apostellōalpha pi omicron sigma tau epsilon lambda lambda omicron omega
“to send off, dispatch”
In context — Mark 12:1
And He began to speak to them in parables: “A man planted a vineyard and set a fence around it, and dug a wine-vat, and built a tower, and leased it to farmers, and went away on a journey.”
About this coordinate
Mark 12:1:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Mark 12:1, so the Greek word ἐν (en) 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.12.1.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Mark.12.1.W4.S1) and character.