Mark 14:5:8Mark.14.5.W8TAB
δηναρίων
dênariôn
“denarii”
- Transliteration
- dê-na-RI-ôn
- Extended
- dêh-nah-RI-ohn
- IPA
- /dɛː.naˈri.ɔːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- denarii
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Alphabet Analysis
| Delta | th — as in this | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Omega | o — same as omicron | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
- word
dê-na-RI-ôn
- sentence
ê-DY-na-to gar TOU-to to MY-ron pra-THÊ-nai e-PA-nô dê-na-RI-ôn tri-a-ko-SI-ôn kai do-THÊ-nai tois ptō-KHOIS kai e-ne-bri-MÔN-to au-TÊ
Exegesis
The aorist passive infinitive prathenai {πραθῆναι | pra-thê-nai} ‘to be sold’ expresses a hypothetical action that could have happened, complemented by the prepositional phrase epano denariōn triakosiōn {ἐπάνω δηναρίων τριακοσίων | e-pá-nō dē-na-rí-ōn tri-a-ko-sí-ōn}, where epano with the genitive indicates value “for more than” a specified amount.
Root and etymology
denariondelta–eta–nu–alpha–rho–iota–omicron–nu
“Roman silver coin, daily wage”
In context — Mark 14:5
For this ointment could have been sold for more than three hundred denarii and given to the poor ; and they began to scold her .
About this coordinate
Mark 14:5:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Mark 14:5, so the Greek word δηναρίων (dênariôn) 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.14.5.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Mark.14.5.W8.S1) and character.