Mark 14:49:18Mark.14.49.W18TAB
γραφαί
graphai
“scriptures”
- Transliteration
- gra-PHAI
- Extended
- grah-PHAI
- IPA
- /graˈpʰai/
Meaning by language
- English
- scriptures
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Alphabet Analysis
| Gamma | gh — guttural | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Phi | ph — as in phone (f) | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Iota | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
- word
gra-PHAI
- sentence
kath hê-ME-ran Ê-min pros hy-MAS en tôi hi-e-RÔ di-DAS-kōn kai ouk e-kra-TĒ-sa-TE me al HI-na plē-rō-THÔ-sin hai gra-PHAI
Exegesis
The adversative all {ἀλλʼ | all} “but” introduces a hina-clause of divine purpose: hina plērōthōsin hai graphai {ἵνα πληρωθῶσιν αἱ γραφαί | hí-na plē-rō-thō-sin hai gra-phai} “so that the Scriptures might be fulfilled.” The aorist subjunctive passive plērōthōsin signals the intended outcome under divine initiative, while hai graphai, with the article, points to the recognized body of sacred writings. In English, the purpose clause is rendered with “so that” in the formal version to preserve explicit purpose, and “so that … will come true” in the dynamic version to express the sense of necessary fulfillment in contemporary idiom, while retaining the flow from narrative description to theological explanation.
In context — Mark 14:49
Day by day I was with you in the temple teaching, and you did not seize Me; but this took place so that the Scriptures might be fulfilled.
About this coordinate
Mark 14:49:18 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 18 of Mark 14:49, so the Greek word γραφαί (graphai) 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.14.49.W18, which extends further down to each syllable (Mark.14.49.W18.S1) and character.