Mark 12:39:2Mark.12.39.W2TAB
πρωτοκαθεδρίας
protokathedrias
“front seats”
- Transliteration
- pro-to-ka-the-DRI-as
- Extended
- proh-toh-kah-theh-DRI-ahs
- IPA
- /pro.to.ka.tʰeˈdri.as/
Meaning by language
- English
- front seats
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Omega | o — same as omicron | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Kappa | k — as in kite | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Theta | th — as in thin | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Delta | th — as in this | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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The word
Word in context
- word
pro-to-ka-the-DRI-as
- sentence
KAI pro-to-ka-the-DRI-as en TAIS sy-na-gō-GAIS KAI pro-to-kli-SI-as en TOIS DEIP-nois
Exegesis
The Greek verse presents two parallel accusative objects, protokathedrias {πρωτοκαθεδρίας | prō-to-ka-the-drí-as} ‘chief seats’ and protoklisias {πρωτοκλισίας | prō-to-klis-í-as} ‘places of honor’, each followed by a dative prepositional phrase introduced by en {ἐν | en} ‘in’.
Root and etymology
protospi–rho–omega–tau–omicron–sigma
“chief seat, place of prominence”
In context — Mark 12:39
And those who desire the chief seats in the synagogues and the places of honor at banquets .
About this coordinate
Mark 12:39:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Mark 12:39, so the Greek word πρωτοκαθεδρίας (protokathedrias) 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.12.39.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Mark.12.39.W2.S1) and character.