Mark 12:38:19Mark.12.38.W19TAB
ταῖς
tais
“the”
- Transliteration
- tais
- Extended
- tais
- IPA
- /tais/
Meaning by language
- English
- the
Alphabet Analysis
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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Word in context
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tais
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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 coordinated phrase kai aspasmous en tais agorais {καὶ ἀσπασμοὺς ἐν ταῖς ἀγοραῖς | kaí as-pas-moús en taîs a-go-raîs} adds a second object of their longing, “greetings in the marketplaces,” forming a balanced description of external display (robes) and social honor (greetings). In English, the participial genitive is rendered as a relative clause (“those who desire”) to clarify the relationship to “scribes,” while retaining the repeated preposition “in” to preserve the spatial nuance of their ostentatious behavior.
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 12:38:19 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 19 of Mark 12:38, so the Greek word ταῖς (tais) 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.W19, which extends further down to each syllable (Mark.12.38.W19.S1) and character.