Mark 13:8:5Mark.13.8.W5TAB
ἔθνος
ethnos
“a nation”
- Transliteration
- E-thnos
- Extended
- EH-thnohs
- IPA
- /ˈe.tʰnos/
Meaning by language
- English
- a nation
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Alphabet Analysis
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Theta | th — as in thin | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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Word in context
- word
E-thnos
- 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 verse begins with the future passive verb egerthesetai {ἐγερθήσεται | egerthḗsetai}, foregrounding inevitable conflict, followed by the subject ethnos {ἔθνος | éth-nos} and the parallel prepositional phrases ep’ ethnos {ἐπʼ ἔθνος | ep’ éth-nos} and epi basileian {ἐπὶ βασιλείαν | epí basileían}, creating symmetrical “nation versus nation” and “kingdom versus kingdom” structures.
Root and etymology
ethnosepsilon–theta–nu–omicron–sigma
“nation, people-group”
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 13:8:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Mark 13:8, so the Greek word ἔθνος (ethnos) 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.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Mark.13.8.W5.S1) and character.