Mark 13:17:5Mark.13.17.W5TAB
γαστρὶ
gastri
“womb”
- Transliteration
- gas-TRI
- Extended
- gahs-TRIH
- IPA
- /gasˈtri/
Meaning by language
- English
- womb
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Alphabet Analysis
| Gamma | gh — guttural | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Iota | i — as in machine |
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The word
Word in context
- word
gas-TRI
- sentence
ou-AI de tais en gas-TRI e-KHOU-sais kai tais thê-la-DZOU-sais en e-KEI-nais tais hê-ME-rais
Exegesis
The dative feminine plural article tais {ταῖς | taîs} introduces the first group, further specified by the prepositional participial phrase en gastri echousais {ἐν γαστρὶ ἐχούσαις | en gas-trí e-khoú-sais} “having in the womb,” a periphrasis for “pregnant women.”
Root and etymology
gastergamma–alpha–sigma–tau–eta–rho
“stomach, womb”
In context — Mark 13:17
But woe to the women who are with child and to those nursing in those days !
About this coordinate
Mark 13:17:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Mark 13:17, so the Greek word γαστρὶ (gastri) 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.13.17.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Mark.13.17.W5.S1) and character.