Mark 14:32:2Mark.14.32.W2TAB
ἔρχονται
erkhontai
“they come”
- Transliteration
- ER-khon-tai
- Extended
- EHR-khohn-tai
- IPA
- /ˈer.kʰon.tai/
Meaning by language
- English
- they come
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Alphabet Analysis
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Chi | h/kh — like Bach | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Iota | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
- word
ER-khon-tai
- sentence
KAI ER-khon-tai eis khô-REE-on hou to O-no-ma ge-thsê-ma-NEE KAI LE-gei tois ma-thê-TAIS au-TOU ka-THI-sa-te HÔ-de HE-ôs pro-SEU-ksô-mai
Exegesis
The verse opens with kai {Καὶ | kaí} ‘and’ linking this scene with the preceding narrative, followed by the historical present erchontai {ἔρχονται | ér-khon-tai} ‘they come’, which brings the action vividly into the present.
In context — Mark 14:32
And they came to a place named Gethsemane , and He said to His disciples, “Sit here until I pray.”
About this coordinate
Mark 14:32:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Mark 14:32, so the Greek word ἔρχονται (erkhontai) 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.14.32.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Mark.14.32.W2.S1) and character.