Mark 13:14:4Mark.13.14.W4TAB

τὸ

to

the

Transliteration
to
Extended
toh
IPA
/to/

Meaning by language

English
the

Alphabet Analysis

Taut — as in top
Omicrono — as in omit (short)

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Word in context

  1. word

    to

  2. sentence

    HO-tan de EE-dê-te to BDE-lyg-ma tês e-rê-mô-se-ôs he-stê-KO-ta HO-pou ou DEI ho a-na-gi-NŌ-skon no-EI-tō TO-te hoi en têi i-ou-dai-A pheu-GE-tō-san eis ta O-rê

Exegesis

The direct object of idete is the noun phrase to bdelygma tēs erēmōseōs {τὸ βδέλυγμα τῆς ἐρημώσεως | tò bdé-lyg-ma tês e-rē-mó-se-ōs}, with a head noun and a dependent genitive, forming the technical apocalyptic expression “the abomination of desolation.”

Root and etymology

thanatostheta–alpha–nu–alpha–tau–omicron–sigma

death

In contextMark 13:14

But when you see the abomination of desolation standing where it ought not (let the one who reads understand), then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains.

About this coordinate

Mark 13:14:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Mark 13:14, so the Greek word τὸ (to) 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.13.14.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Mark.13.14.W4.S1) and character.