Mark 12:39:5Mark.12.39.W5TAB
συναγωγαῖς
synagōgais
“synagogues”
- Transliteration
- sy-na-gō-GAIS
- Extended
- syoo-nah-goh-GAIS
- IPA
- /sy.na.gɔːˈgais/
Meaning by language
- English
- synagogues
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Alphabet Analysis
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Gamma | gh — guttural | |
| Omega | o — same as omicron | |
| Gamma | gh — guttural | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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The word
Word in context
- word
sy-na-gō-GAIS
- 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
This coordination underlines the pursuit of prominence both in religious assemblies (synagogais {συναγωγαῖς | sy-na-gō-gaîs} ‘synagogues’) and at social meals (deipnois {δείπνοις | deíp-nois} ‘banquets’). The absence of a finite verb creates an asyndetic relative clause that, in English, requires the supplied verb phrases “those who desire” and “they also want” to convey continuity with the preceding clause about the scribes’ behavior.
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 12:39:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Mark 12:39, so the Greek word συναγωγαῖς (synagōgais) 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.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Mark.12.39.W5.S1) and character.