Mark 12:26:32Mark.12.26.W32TAB
θεὸς
theos
“God”
- Transliteration
- the-OS
- Extended
- theh-OHS
- IPA
- /tʰeˈos/
Meaning by language
- English
- God
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Alphabet Analysis
| Theta | th — as in thin | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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Word in context
- word
the-OS
- sentence
pe-RI de tôn ne-KRÔN HO-ti e-GEI-ron-tai ouk a-NEG-nô-te en têi BI- ब्लō (should be removed) mô-y-se-OS e-PI tou BA-tou pôs EI-pen au-TÔI ho the-OS LE-gōn e-GÔ ho the-OS a-bra-AM kai ho the-OS i-sa-AK kai ho the-OS i-a-KÔB
Exegesis
Theos {θεὸς | theós} is the subject of eipen and the participle legōn {λέγων | légōn} introduces the direct quotation, with Egō ho theos Abraam…
{Ἐγὼ ὁ θεὸς Ἀβραὰμ… | Egṓ ho theós Abraám…} placing emphatic “I” first and repeating ho theos three times for Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. This anaphoric repetition of ho theos highlights God’s enduring covenant relationship with the patriarchs and, by implication, their ongoing life with Him, which grounds the argument for resurrection. The English renderings preserve the fronted topical phrase (“But concerning the dead / Now, about the dead”), the specificity of the scriptural reference (“in the book of Moses… about the bush”), and the emphatic, repeated divine self-identification within the quotation.
Root and etymology
theostheta–epsilon–omicron–sigma
“god, deity”
In context — Mark 12:26
But concerning the dead, that they are raised, have you not read in the book of Moses, at the passage about the bush, how God spoke to him, saying, “I am the God of Abraham and the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob”?
About this coordinate
Mark 12:26:32 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 32 of Mark 12:26, so the Greek word θεὸς (theos) 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.12.26.W32, which extends further down to each syllable (Mark.12.26.W32.S1) and character.