Mark 13:24:7Mark.13.24.W7TAB

τὴν

tên

the

Transliteration
tên
Extended
tayn
IPA
/tɛːn/

Meaning by language

English
the

Alphabet Analysis

Taut — as in top
Etai — as in machine
Nun — as in new

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Word in context

  1. word

    tên

  2. sentence

    al-LA en e-KEI-nais tais hê-ME-rais me-TA tên THLI-psin e-KEI-nên ho HÊ-li-os sko-ti-STHÊ-se-tai kai hê se-LÊ-nê ou DÔ-sei to PHE-ngos au-TÊS

Exegesis

It is followed by a second temporal phrase meta tēn thlipsin ekeinēn {μετὰ τὴν θλῖψιν ἐκείνην | me-tà tḕn thlî-psin e-keí-nēn} ‘after that tribulation’, where meta with the accusative marks sequence in time, and the repeated demonstrative ekeinēn ties this tribulation specifically to the one just mentioned in the discourse.

In contextMark 13:24

But in those days, after that tribulation , the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light ,

About this coordinate

Mark 13:24:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Mark 13:24, so the Greek word τὴν (tên) 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.13.24.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Mark.13.24.W7.S1) and character.