Mark 13:20:17Mark.13.20.W17TAB
οὓς
hous
“whom”
- Transliteration
- hous
- Extended
- hoos
- IPA
- /huːs/
Meaning by language
- English
- whom
Alphabet Analysis
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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Word in context
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hous
- sentence
KAI ei MÊ e-ko-LO-bō-sen KY-ree-os tas hê-ME-ras ouk AN e-SŌ-thē PA-sa SARX al-LA di-A tous ek-lek-TOUS hous ek-se-LEK-sa-to e-ko-LO-bō-sen tas hê-ME-ras
Exegesis
The adversative alla {ἀλλὰ | allà} introduces the motive clause dia tous eklektous {διὰ τοὺς ἐκλεκτούς | diá toùs eklektoús}, “because of the elect,” further specified by the relative clause hous exelexato {οὓς ἐξελέξατο | hoús exelÉxato}, which grounds their status in God’s prior choice.
Root and etymology
Iesousiota–eta–sigma–omicron–upsilon–sigma
“Yahweh is salvation”
In context — Mark 13:20
And if the Lord had not cut short the days , no flesh would have been saved; but for the sake of the elect, whom He selected, He has cut short the days.
About this coordinate
Mark 13:20:17 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 17 of Mark 13:20, so the Greek word οὓς (hous) 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.13.20.W17, which extends further down to each syllable (Mark.13.20.W17.S1) and character.