Mark 12:27:8Mark.12.27.W8TAB
πλανᾶσθε
planasthe
“you are mistaken”
- Transliteration
- pla-NAS-the
- Extended
- plah-NAHS-theh
- IPA
- /plaˈnas.tʰe/
Meaning by language
- English
- you are mistaken
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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
ouk ES-tin the-OS ne-KRON al-LA DZON-tōn po-LY pla-NAS-the
Exegesis
The second clause, polu planasthe {πολὺ πλανᾶσθε | po-lý pla-nâs-the}, is a direct address in the second person plural, with polu acting as a degree adverb intensifying the verb planasthe ‘you go astray, you are mistaken.’ The absence of an explicit subject pronoun keeps the focus on the predicate relationships rather than on a grammatical subject. In English, the equative structure is rendered as “God is not the God of the dead, but of the living,” maintaining the contrastive genitives through parallel prepositional phrases “of the dead / of the living.” The second clause is translated as a separate sentence, “You are greatly mistaken” or “You are seriously wrong,” to preserve the emphatic pastoral rebuke conveyed by the intensified verb.
Root and etymology
planaōpi–lambda–alpha–nu–alpha–omega
“to wander, go astray”
In context — Mark 12:27
God is not the God of the dead, but of the living. You are greatly mistaken .
About this coordinate
Mark 12:27:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Mark 12:27, 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.12.27.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Mark.12.27.W8.S1) and character.