Mark 13:27:16Mark.13.27.W16TAB
γῆς
gês
“of earth”
- Transliteration
- gês
- Extended
- GAYS
- IPA
- /gɛːs/
Meaning by language
- English
- of earth
Alphabet Analysis
| Gamma | gh — guttural | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
Tap any key to hear its pronunciation
Now you try — trace the word:
The word
Word in context
- word
gês
- sentence
KAI TO-te a-po-ste-LEI tous an-GE-lous KAI e-pi-sy-NAK-ksei tous ek-lek-TOUS ek tôn te-SSA-rôn a-NE-môn ap A-krou gês HE-ōs A-krou ou-ra-NOU
Exegesis
The following construction ap’ akrou ges heos akrou ouranou {ἀπʼ ἄκρου γῆς ἕως ἄκρου οὐρανοῦ | ap á-krou gês hé-ōs á-krou ou-ra-noû} links two parallel genitival phrases with heos ‘as far as’, creating a merism (earth–heaven) that conveys totality: from the extremity of the earthly realm to the extremity of the heavenly. In translation, the coordination of futures is preserved with repeated “will,” and the merism is rendered as “from the ends of the earth to the ends of heaven” to maintain both the parallelism and the sense of exhaustive inclusion.
Root and etymology
gēg–e
“earth, land”
In context — Mark 13:27
And then He will send the angels, and He will gather together the chosen ones from the four winds , from the ends of the earth to the ends of heaven.
About this coordinate
Mark 13:27:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of Mark 13:27, so the Greek word γῆς (gês) 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.13.27.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (Mark.13.27.W16.S1) and character.