Mark 14:3:5Mark.14.3.W5TAB

Βηθανίᾳ

bêthania

Bethany

Transliteration
bê-tha-NI-a
Extended
bay-thah-NIH-ah
IPA
/bɛː.tʰaˈni.a/

Meaning by language

English
Bethany

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Result
Βη + θα + νί + ᾳ
bê + tha + ni + a
bêthania

Alphabet Analysis

Betav — as in victory
Etai — as in machine
Thetath — as in thin
Alphaah — as in father
Nun — as in new
Iotai — as in machine
Alphaah — as in father

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Word in context

  1. word

    bê-tha-NI-a

  2. 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

This is followed by two parallel prepositional phrases, en Bethania {ἐν Βηθανίᾳ | en Bē-tha-níā} and en te oikia {ἐν τῇ οἰκίᾳ | en tē oi-kíā}, which first give the village location and then the more specific setting in the house of Simon.

In contextMark 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 14:3:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Mark 14:3, so the Greek word Βηθανίᾳ (bêthania) 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.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Mark.14.3.W5.S1) and character.