Mark 12:16:2Mark.12.16.W2TAB
δὲ
de
“and”
- Transliteration
- de
- Extended
- deh
- IPA
- /de/
Meaning by language
- English
- and
Alphabet Analysis
| Delta | th — as in this | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) |
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Word in context
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de
- sentence
hoi de Ê-nen-gan kai LE-gei au-TOIS TI-nos hê ei-KÔN HAU-tê kai hê e-pi-gra-PHÊ hoi de EI-pan au-TÔI KAI-sa-ros
Exegesis
The verse begins with the subject-particle combination hoi de {οἱ δὲ | hoí dè} functioning as a nominative substantive “they,” followed by the aorist verb ēnenkan {ἤνεγκαν | ḗ-nen-kan} to narrate the completed action “brought.”
The second clause, hoi de eipan {οἱ δὲ εἶπαν | hoí dè eî-pan}, again uses hoi as a substantive subject, with the aorist eipan “they said” marking the responsive reply, followed by the indirect object autō {αὐτῷ | au-tôi} “to Him” and the concise genitive answer Kaisaros {Καίσαρος | Kaí-sa-ros} “of Caesar,” which completes the elliptical structure “it is Caesar’s.” In translation, the historical present legei is rendered as a simple past (“said” / “asked”) for natural English narrative flow, while the interrogative structure is preserved by placing “Whose” at the head of the question and retaining the two coordinated elements “image” and “inscription” (or “picture” and “writing”) to reflect the dual description in Greek.
Root and etymology
derodelta–epsilon–rho–omega
“to beat, flog”
In context — Mark 12:16
And they brought it, and He said to them, “Whose image is this, and whose inscription is it?” And they said to Him, “Caesar’s.”
About this coordinate
Mark 12:16:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Mark 12:16, so the Greek word δὲ (de) 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.12.16.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Mark.12.16.W2.S1) and character.