Mark 12:29:3Mark.12.29.W3TAB
Ἰησοῦς
Eeaysoos
“Jesus”
- Transliteration
- ee-ay-SOOS
- Academic
- Iēsous
- Extended
- ee-AY-SOOS
- IPA
- /i.eːˈsuːs/
Meaning by language
- English
- Jesus
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ee-ay-SOOS
- sentence
a-pe-KRI-thê ho ee-ay-SOOS HO-ti PRO-tê es-TIN A-kou-e is-ra-EL KY-ree-os ho the-OS hê-MON KY-ree-os HEIS es-tin
Exegesis
The narrative unit begins with the aorist verb apekrithe {ἀπεκρίθη | a-pe-krí-thē} ‘answered’, followed by the explicit subject ho Iesous {ὁ Ἰησοῦς | ho Iē-soûs} ‘Jesus’ in post-verbal position, a common Koine narrative order.
Root and etymology
Iesousiota–eta–sigma–omicron–upsilon–sigma
“Yahweh is salvation”
In context — Mark 12:29
Jesus answered, “The first is, ‘Hear, O Israel: the Lord our God , the Lord is one.’”
About this coordinate
Mark 12:29:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Mark 12:29, so the Greek word Ἰησοῦς (Eeaysoos) 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.12.29.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Mark.12.29.W3.S1) and character.