Mark 12:18:10Mark.12.18.W10TAB
εἶναι
einai
“to be”
- Transliteration
- EI-nai
- Extended
- EE-nai
- IPA
- /ˈiː.nai/
Meaning by language
- English
- to be
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Alphabet Analysis
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Iota | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
- word
EI-nai
- sentence
KAI ER-khon-tai sad-dou-KAI-oi pros au-TON HOI-ti-nes LE-goo-sin a-NA-sta-sin MÊ EI-nai KAI e-pê-ROO-tôn au-ton LE-gon-tes
Exegesis
A defining relative clause hoitines legousin anastasin me einai {οἵτινες λέγουσιν ἀνάστασιν μὴ εἶναι | hoí-ti-nes lé-gou-sin a-nás-ta-sin mḗ eî-nai} 'who say resurrection not to be' describes their denial, rendered in English as “those who say there is no resurrection.”
In context — Mark 12:18
And the Sadducees came to Him , those who say there is no resurrection, and they were questioning Him, saying,
About this coordinate
Mark 12:18:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Mark 12:18, so the Greek word εἶναι (einai) 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.12.18.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Mark.12.18.W10.S1) and character.