Mark 13:8:16Mark.13.8.W16TAB
ἀρχὴ
arkhê
“a beginning”
- Transliteration
- ar-KHÊ
- Extended
- ahr-KHEH
- IPA
- /arˈkʰɛː/
Meaning by language
- English
- a beginning
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Alphabet Analysis
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Chi | h/kh — like Bach | |
| Eta | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
- word
ar-KHÊ
- 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 final demonstrative tauta {ταῦτα | taûta} picks up all preceding events, with arche odinon {ἀρχὴ ὠδίνων | archḗ ōdínōn} framing them as early “birth pains” through a genitive-of-quality metaphor. English word order is adjusted to clarify sequence while preserving Greek emphasis on parallelism and progression.
Root and etymology
archomaialpha–rho–chi–omicron–mu–alpha–iota
“to begin, to be first”
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 13:8:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of Mark 13:8, so the Greek word ἀρχὴ (arkhê) 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.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (Mark.13.8.W16.S1) and character.