Mark 13:35:17Mark.13.35.W17TAB
ἀλεκτοροφωνίας
alektorophôneeas
“rooster crowing”
- Transliteration
- a-lek-to-ro-phô-NEE-as
- Extended
- ah-lehk-toh-roh-phôh-NEE-ahs
- IPA
- /a.lek.to.ro.pʰɔːˈni.as/
Meaning by language
- English
- rooster crowing
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Alphabet Analysis
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Kappa | k — as in kite | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Phi | ph — as in phone (f) | |
| Omega | o — same as omicron | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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Word in context
- word
a-lek-to-ro-phô-NEE-as
- sentence
grê-go-REI-te OUN ouk OI-da-te gar PO-te ho KY-ree-os tês oi-KEE-as ER-khe-tai ê op-SE ê me-so-NYK-ti-on ê a-lek-to-ro-phô-NEE-as ê prō-I
Exegesis
The series of phrases linked by the disjunctive e {ἢ | ē}—opse {ὀψὲ | op-se} ‘evening’, mesonyktion {μεσονύκτιον | me-so-nuk-ti-on} ‘midnight’, alektorophonias {ἀλεκτοροφωνίας | a-lek-to-ro-pho-ni-as} ‘cockcrow’, and proi {πρωΐ | pro-i} ‘morning’—maps onto the four Roman night watches, rhetorically covering the entire night and underscoring total uncertainty. In translation, the imperative is rendered with strong present commands (“be alert,” “stay awake”), and the sequence of possible times is preserved with repeated “or” to mirror the Greek structure and to communicate that the coming could occur at any time.
In context — Mark 13:35
Therefore, be alert; for you do not know when the master of the house is coming—whether in the evening , or at midnight, or when the rooster crows, or in the morning.
About this coordinate
Mark 13:35:17 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 17 of Mark 13:35, so the Greek word ἀλεκτοροφωνίας (alektorophôneeas) 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.13.35.W17, which extends further down to each syllable (Mark.13.35.W17.S1) and character.