Mark 12:38:4Mark.12.38.W4TAB
διδαχῇ
didakhê
“teaching”
- Transliteration
- di-da-KHÊ
- Extended
- dih-dah-KHÊ
- IPA
- /di.daˈkʰɛː/
Meaning by language
- English
- teaching
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Alphabet Analysis
| Delta | th — as in this | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Delta | th — as in this | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Chi | h/kh — like Bach | |
| Eta | i — as in machine |
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The word
Word in context
- word
di-da-KHÊ
- 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 verse opens with the prepositional phrase kai en tē didachē autou {Καὶ ἐν τῇ διδαχῇ αὐτοῦ | Kaì en tê di-da-khê au-toû} “and in His teaching,” which situates the warning within Jesus’ public instruction and functions as a temporal and contextual frame.
Root and etymology
didaskōdelta–iota–delta–alpha–sigma–kappa–omega
“to teach, instruct”
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 12:38:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Mark 12:38, so the Greek word διδαχῇ (didakhê) 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.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Mark.12.38.W4.S1) and character.