Mark 12:20:10Mark.12.20.W10TAB
ἀποθνῄσκων
apothnêskōn
“dying”
- Transliteration
- a-poth-NÊS-kōn
- Extended
- ah-pohth-NÊÊS-kohn
- IPA
- /a.po.tʰˈnɛːs.kon/
Meaning by language
- English
- dying
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Theta | th — as in thin | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Kappa | k — as in kite | |
| Omega | o — same as omicron | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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The word
Word in context
- word
a-poth-NÊS-kōn
- sentence
hep-TA a-del-PHOI Ê-san KAI ho PRÔ-tos E-la-ben gy-NAI-ka KAI a-poth-NÊS-kōn ouk a-PHÊ-ken SPER-ma
Exegesis
A second kai introduces the participial clause apothneskon {ἀποθνῄσκων | apothnēískōn}, “dying,” which is temporally related to the main verb that follows.
In context — Mark 12:20
There were seven brothers, and the first took a wife and, as he was dying, did not leave any offspring .
About this coordinate
Mark 12:20:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Mark 12:20, so the Greek word ἀποθνῄσκων (apothnêskōn) 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.12.20.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Mark.12.20.W10.S1) and character.