Mark 13:8:12Mark.13.8.W12TAB
κατὰ
kata
“throughout”
- Transliteration
- ka-TA
- Extended
- kah-TAH
- IPA
- /kaˈta/
Meaning by language
- English
- throughout
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Alphabet Analysis
| Kappa | k — as in kite | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father |
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Word in context
- word
ka-TA
- sentence
e-ge-re-THÊ-se-tai gar E-thnos ep E-thnos kai ba-si-LEI-a e-PI ba-si-LEI-an E-son-tai seis-MOI ka-TA TO-pous E-son-tai li-MOI ar-KHÊ ō-DI-nōn TAU-ta
Exegesis
The plural future esontai {ἔσονται | ésontai} introduces two clauses listing disasters: seismoi {σεισμοὶ | seismoí} governed by kata topous {κατὰ τόπους | katá tópous} for dispersed earthquakes, and limoi {λιμοί | limoí} for famines.
Root and etymology
bain-beta–alpha–iota–nu
“to go, step, walk”
In context — Mark 13:8
For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be earthquakes in various places, and there will be famines; these things are the beginning of birth pains.
About this coordinate
Mark 13:8:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Mark 13:8, so the Greek word κατὰ (kata) 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.13.8.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Mark.13.8.W12.S1) and character.