Mark 12:1:7Mark.12.1.W7TAB
Ἀμπελῶνα
ampelona
“a vineyard”
- Transliteration
- am-pe-LO-na
- Extended
- ahm-peh-LOH-nah
- IPA
- /am.peˈlɔː.na/
Meaning by language
- English
- a vineyard
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Omega | o — same as omicron | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father |
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Word in context
- word
am-pe-LO-na
- sentence
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
In the next clause, the object ampelona is fronted in ampelona anthropos ephuteusen {Ἀμπελῶνα ἄνθρωπος ἐφύτευσεν | Ampelôna ánthrōpos ephýteusen}, producing emphasis on the vineyard before introducing the subject “a man,” a typical parabolic anonymizing of characters.
Root and etymology
ampelosalpha–mu–pi–epsilon–lambda–omicron–sigma
“vine, grapevine”
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 12:1:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Mark 12:1, so the Greek word Ἀμπελῶνα (ampelona) 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.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Mark.12.1.W7.S1) and character.