Mark 14:16:9Mark.14.16.W9TAB
πόλιν
polin
“city”
- Transliteration
- PO-lin
- Extended
- POH-lihn
- IPA
- /ˈpo.lin/
Meaning by language
- English
- city
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Alphabet Analysis
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
- word
PO-lin
- sentence
KAI ek-SÊL-thon hoi ma-thê-TAI KAI ÊL-thon eis tên PO-lin KAI HEU-ron ka-THÔS EI-pen au-TOIS KAI hê-TOI-ma-san to PAS-kha
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase eis ten polin {εἰς τὴν πόλιν | eis tēn pólin} specifies movement into a particular city, likely Jerusalem, reinforcing that their actions respond to prior instruction.
In context — Mark 14:16
And the disciples went out and came into the city, and they found it just as He had said to them, and they prepared the Passover .
About this coordinate
Mark 14:16:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Mark 14:16, so the Greek word πόλιν (polin) 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.14.16.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Mark.14.16.W9.S1) and character.