Mark 13:12:3Mark.13.12.W3TAB
ἀδελφὸς
adelphos
“a brother”
- Transliteration
- a-del-PHOS
- Extended
- ah-dehl-PHOS
- IPA
- /a.delˈpʰos/
Meaning by language
- English
- a brother
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Alphabet Analysis
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Delta | th — as in this | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Phi | ph — as in phone (f) | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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Word in context
- word
a-del-PHOS
- sentence
KAI pa-ra-DO-sei a-del-PHOS a-del-PHON eis THA-na-ton KAI pa-TÊR TEK-non KAI e-pa-na-STÊ-so-ntai TEK-na e-PI go-NEIS KAI tha-na-TÔ-sou-sin au-TOUS
Exegesis
The first finite verb, paradosei {παραδώσει | paradṓsei} ‘will deliver up’, takes adelphos {ἀδελφὸς | adelphós} ‘brother’ as its nominative subject and adelphon {ἀδελφὸν | adelphón} ‘brother’ as its direct object, followed by the prepositional phrase eis thanaton {εἰς θάνατον | eis thánaton} ‘into death’ expressing result or destination.
Root and etymology
delphysdelta–epsilon–lambda–phi–upsilon–sigma
“womb”
In context — Mark 13:12
And brother will deliver up brother to death, and a father a child, and children will rise up against parents and will put them to death.
About this coordinate
Mark 13:12:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Mark 13:12, so the Greek word ἀδελφὸς (adelphos) 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.13.12.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Mark.13.12.W3.S1) and character.