Mark 14:48:12Mark.14.48.W12TAB
μαχαιρῶν
makhairôn
“swords”
- Transliteration
- ma-khai-RÔN
- Extended
- mah-khai-RÔHN
- IPA
- /ma.kʰai̯ˈrɔːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- swords
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Chi | h/kh — like Bach | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Omega | o — same as omicron | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
- word
ma-khai-RÔN
- sentence
KAI a-po-kri-THEIS ho ee-ay-SOOS EI-pen au-TOIS HŌS e-PI lêi-STÊN ek-SÊL-tha-te me-TA ma-khai-RÔN KAI KSY-lōn syl-la-bein me
Exegesis
The following prepositional phrase meta machairon kai xylon {μετὰ μαχαιρῶν καὶ ξύλων | metá machairôn kaí xýlōn} “with swords and clubs” details the weapons carried, creating an image of excessive force.
In context — Mark 14:48
And Jesus answered and said to them, “Have you come out as against a robber , with swords and clubs to seize Me?”
About this coordinate
Mark 14:48:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Mark 14:48, so the Greek word μαχαιρῶν (makhairôn) 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.14.48.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Mark.14.48.W12.S1) and character.