Mark 14:3:20Mark.14.3.W20TAB
πιστικῆς
pistikês
“pure”
- Transliteration
- pis-ti-KÊS
- Extended
- pihs-tih-KÊS
- IPA
- /pis.tiˈkɛːs/
Meaning by language
- English
- pure
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Alphabet Analysis
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Kappa | k — as in kite | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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Word in context
- word
pis-ti-KÊS
- sentence
KAI ON-tos au-TOU en bê-tha-NI-a en tê oi-KI-a SI-mō-nos tou le-PROU ka-ta-kei-ME-nou au-TOU ÊL-then gy-NÊ E-khou-sa a-LA-bas-tron MY-rou NAR-dou pis-ti-KÊS po-ly-te-LOUS syn-TRI-psa-sa tên a-LA-bas-tron ka-TE-khe-en au-TOU tês ke-pha-LÊS
Exegesis
The string of genitives myrou nardou pistikes polytelous {μύρου νάρδου πιστικῆς πολυτελοῦς | mý-rou nár-dou pis-ti-kḗs po-lu-te-loûs} forms a tightly packed descriptive chain specifying substance (ointment), kind (nard), quality (pure), and value (very costly), heightening the sense of preciousness.
In context — Mark 14:3
And while He was in Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, as He was reclining at the table, a woman came having an alabaster flask of ointment of pure nard, very costly ; after breaking the alabaster flask, she poured it on His head.
About this coordinate
Mark 14:3:20 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 20 of Mark 14:3, so the Greek word πιστικῆς (pistikês) 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.14.3.W20, which extends further down to each syllable (Mark.14.3.W20.S1) and character.