Mark 13:25:8Mark.13.25.W8TAB
πίπτοντες
piptontes
“falling”
- Transliteration
- PIP-to-ntes
- Extended
- PIHP-tohn-tehs
- IPA
- /ˈpip.ton.tes/
Meaning by language
- English
- falling
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Alphabet Analysis
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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Word in context
- word
PIP-to-ntes
- sentence
KAI hoi a-STE-res E-so-ntai ek tou ou-ra-NOU PIP-to-ntes KAI hai dy-NA-meis hai en tois ou-ra-NOIS sa-leu-THÊ-so-ntai
Exegesis
The subject of the first clause is hoi asteres {οἱ ἀστέρες | hoí astéres} ‘the stars’, followed by the future middle verb esontai {ἔσονται | ésontai} ‘will be’ and the present participle piptontes {πίπτοντες | píptontes} ‘falling’. This periphrastic construction portrays the stars in the ongoing process of falling rather than a single completed event.
Root and etymology
piptopi–iota–pi–tau–omicron
“to fall, collapse, drop”
In context — Mark 13:25
And the stars will be falling from the heaven , and the powers in the heavens will be shaken .
About this coordinate
Mark 13:25:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Mark 13:25, so the Greek word πίπτοντες (piptontes) 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.13.25.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Mark.13.25.W8.S1) and character.