Mark 14:44:6Mark.14.44.W6TAB
σύσσημον
syssseemon
“a signal”
- Transliteration
- SYSS-see-mon
- Extended
- SYSS-sih-mohn
- IPA
- /ˈsys.sɛː.mon/
Meaning by language
- English
- a signal
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Alphabet Analysis
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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The word
Word in context
- word
SYSS-see-mon
- sentence
de-DOO-kei de ho pa-ra-di-DOUS au-TON SYSS-see-mon au-TOIS LE-gōn HON AN phi-LEH-sō au-TOS ES-tin kra-TEH-sa-te au-TON KAI a-PA-ge-te as-pha-LOS
Exegesis
The rare noun syssemon {σύσσημον | sús-sē-mon} “sign” denotes a mutually understood identifying signal, and autois {αὐτοῖς | au-toîs} “to them” shows that this sign was prearranged with the arresting group.
Root and etymology
semasigma–eta–mu–alpha
“sign, mark”
In context — Mark 14:44
Now the one betraying Him had given them a sign , saying, “Whomever I shall kiss, He is the one; seize Him and lead Him away securely.”
About this coordinate
Mark 14:44:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Mark 14:44, so the Greek word σύσσημον (syssseemon) 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.14.44.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Mark.14.44.W6.S1) and character.