Mark 13:6:1Mark.13.6.W1TAB
πολλοὶ
polloi
“many”
- Transliteration
- pol-LOI
- Extended
- pohl-LOI
- IPA
- /polˈloi/
Meaning by language
- English
- many
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Iota | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
- word
pol-LOI
- sentence
pol-LOI e-LEU-so(n)-tai e-PI tôi o-NO-ma-TI mou LE-gon-tes HO-ti e-GÔ EI-mi KAI pol-LOUS pla-NÊ-sou-sin
Exegesis
The sentence begins with the subject-predicate sequence polloi eleusontai {πολλοὶ ἐλεύσονται | polloì eléusontai} ‘many will come,’ using the future middle to portray a definite but still future intrusion of these figures.
Root and etymology
poluspi–omicron–lambda–upsilon–sigma
“much, many, great in number”
In context — Mark 13:6
Many will come in My name, saying, “I am He,” and they will deceive many.
About this coordinate
Mark 13:6:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Mark 13:6, so the Greek word πολλοὶ (polloi) 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.13.6.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Mark.13.6.W1.S1) and character.