Mark 12:20:6Mark.12.20.W6TAB
πρῶτος
prôtos
“first”
- Transliteration
- PRÔ-tos
- Extended
- PRÔÔ-tohs
- IPA
- /ˈprɔː.tos/
Meaning by language
- English
- first
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Alphabet Analysis
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Omega | o — same as omicron | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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The word
Word in context
- word
PRÔ-tos
- 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
The coordinating conjunction kai {καὶ | kaí} links this general statement to a more specific scenario introduced by ho protos {ὁ πρῶτος | ho prôtos}, “the first,” which singles out the eldest brother as the focus of the narrative.
Root and etymology
propi–rho–omicron
“before, in front of”
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 12:20:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Mark 12:20, so the Greek word πρῶτος (prôtos) 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.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Mark.12.20.W6.S1) and character.