Mark 12:24:8Mark.12.24.W8TAB
πλανᾶσθε
planasthe
“you are going astray”
- Transliteration
- pla-NAS-the
- Extended
- plah-NAHS-theh
- IPA
- /plaˈnaːs.tʰe/
Meaning by language
- English
- you are going astray
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Theta | th — as in thin | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) |
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The word
Word in context
- word
pla-NAS-the
- sentence
E-phê au-TOIS ho ee-ay-SOOS ou di-A TOU-to pla-NAS-the mê ei-DO-tes tas gra-PHAS mê-DE tên DY-na-min tou the-OU
Exegesis
The core of the rebuke is framed as a rhetorical question beginning with the negated clause Ou dia touto planasthe {Οὐ διὰ τοῦτο πλανᾶσθε | Ou diá toû-to pla-nâs-the} ‘Is it not for this reason that you are going astray?’. The fronted negative particle Ou gives the question a corrective, confrontational force, assuming that the hearers in fact are in error.
The verb planasthe {πλανᾶσθε | pla-nâs-the} in the present middle or passive indicative depicts their error as an ongoing state of being led astray rather than a single misstep.
Root and etymology
planaōpi–lambda–alpha–nu–alpha–omega
“to wander, go astray”
In context — Mark 12:24
Jesus said to them, “Are you not mistaken because you do not know the Scriptures nor the power of God ?”
About this coordinate
Mark 12:24:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Mark 12:24, so the Greek word πλανᾶσθε (planasthe) 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.12.24.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Mark.12.24.W8.S1) and character.