Mark 14:20:9Mark.14.20.W9TAB
ἐμβαπτόμενος
embaptomenos
“dipping”
- Transliteration
- em-bap-TO-me-nos
- Extended
- ehm-bahp-TOH-meh-nohs
- IPA
- /em.bapˈto.me.nos/
Meaning by language
- English
- dipping
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Beta | v — as in victory | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| 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
em-bap-TO-me-nos
- sentence
ho de EI-pen au-TOIS HEIS tôn DÔ-de-ka ho em-bap-TO-me-nos met e-MOU eis to TRYB-li-on
Exegesis
The following appositional participial clause ho embaptomenos metʼ emou eis to tryblion {ὁ ἐμβαπτόμενος μετʼ ἐμοῦ εἰς τὸ τρύβλιον | ho em-bap-tó-me-nos metʼ e-moû eis tò trý-bli-on} further identifies this “one” by describing his concurrent action. The present participle embaptomenos conveys an action in progress, highlighting the immediacy of the act of dipping. The preposition meta with the genitive emou expresses close association “with Me,” while eis with the accusative to tryblion marks the goal of the motion “into the dish.” The English renderings preserve the partitive sense (“one of the Twelve”) and maintain the participial description as a relative-like identifier (“the one who is dipping / the person dipping”), which mirrors the Greek focus on recognition through a shared, symbolic meal action.
Root and etymology
baptōbeta–alpha–pi–tau–omega
“to dip, immerse”
In context — Mark 14:20
But He said to them, “One of the Twelve, the one who is dipping with Me into the dish .”
About this coordinate
Mark 14:20:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Mark 14:20, so the Greek word ἐμβαπτόμενος (embaptomenos) 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.14.20.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Mark.14.20.W9.S1) and character.