Mark 13:14:8Mark.13.14.W8TAB
ἑστηκότα
hestêkota
“standing”
- Transliteration
- he-stê-KO-ta
- Extended
- heh-stê-KOH-tah
- IPA
- /he.stɛːˈko.ta/
Meaning by language
- English
- standing
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Kappa | k — as in kite | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father |
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Word in context
- word
he-stê-KO-ta
- 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 perfect participle hestēkota {ἑστηκότα | he-stē-kó-ta} modifies bdelygma and conveys a resultant state, picturing the “abomination” as already set up and standing.
In context — Mark 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 13:14:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Mark 13:14, so the Greek word ἑστηκότα (hestêkota) 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.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Mark.13.14.W8.S1) and character.