Mark 12:38:10Mark.12.38.W10TAB
γραμματέων
grammateôn
“scribes”
- Transliteration
- gram-ma-TE-ôn
- Extended
- grahm-mah-TEH-ohn
- IPA
- /gram.maˈte.ɔːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- scribes
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Alphabet Analysis
| Gamma | gh — guttural | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Omega | o — same as omicron | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
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gram-ma-TE-ôn
- sentence
KAI en tê di-da-KHÊ au-TOU E-le-gen BLE-pe-te a-PO tôn gram-ma-TE-ôn tôn the-LON-tôn en sto-LAIS pe-ri-pa-TEIN KAI a-spas-MOUS en tais a-go-RAIS
Exegesis
The imperative Blepete {Βλέπετε | Vlé-pe-te} “beware” introduces an urgent admonition, with the prepositional phrase apo tōn grammatēōn {ἀπὸ τῶν γραμματέων | a-pó tōn gra-ma-té-ōn} “from the scribes” using apo to express separation or avoidance.
In context — Mark 12:38
And in His teaching He was saying, “Beware of the scribes , those who desire to walk about in robes and greetings in the marketplaces.”
About this coordinate
Mark 12:38:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Mark 12:38, so the Greek word γραμματέων (grammateôn) 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.12.38.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Mark.12.38.W10.S1) and character.